High-tunnel growing systems, sometimes called hoop houses, have gained popularity for their ability to enhance growth conditions and extend the growing season of horticultural crops. Now, a team led ...

Ginger is one of the world's leading spice crops, and is used for both its medicinal and flavor qualities. It grows well in tropical regions and its rhizomes mature in eight to nine months from ...

OLNEY, Ore. — Teresa Retzlaff, owner of 46 North Farm, grows crops in high and low tunnels to help tame Oregon’s wild North Coast and that’s boosted her income. The structures — frames covered with ...

SDSU Extension hosted a high tunnel building training May 7-8 and May 14-15 at the SDSU Specialty Crop Research field in Brookings, South Dakota. Workshop partipants constructing a 30-by-96-foot ...

Clyde Forbes has been working in vegetable gardens since his family-farm childhood years in York County. These days, the retired middle-school teacher and Cumberland County Master Gardener helps run ...

Liz Maynard, presented at Everything Local: The Illinois Food, Farmers Market & Specialty Crop Conference, Springfield, IL, Jan. 17, 2024. Slide set download pdf Disclaimer: Reference to products is ...

South Dakota farmers are using plastic-covered farm tunnels to extend growing seasons by up to four months. These tunnels create a greenhouse effect, protecting crops from weather and pests while ...

This story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. OKATON, S.D. – When snow covers the frozen ground, and most ...

OKATON, S.D. – When snow covers the frozen ground, and most South Dakota farmers have sold or stored their products for the season, the operators of Cedar Creek Gardens are still able to grow ...