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Editor's Letter
Notes from the Farm
Grower's Postcard
Ag Labor Review
Classifieds
Calendar of Events
Advertiser Index
Industry News
40 Cool springs of Minnesota set produce choices
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31 Sensor-driven, variable-rate irrigation project recognized
Melon
32 Georgia researches reducing soil pathogens
Controlled Environment Agriculture
34 Prepare for the cold by winterizing greenhouses
36 Driscoll's, Plenty research vertical farming for strawberries
38 North Carolina initiative grows state's greenhouse industry
39 Vertical farming makes the most of limited space
Farm Market & Agritourism
8 Cornell's tips for grafting tomatoes successfully
10 Pepper weevil: Southern pest that can hitch a ride north
12 Curb lingering pests to maximize winter production
14 Oh Snap! parlays grab-n-go, brine-less pickle appeal
16 Pest control strategies for organic sweet corn
18 Some tips that produce high-quality onion transplants
20 Fries from new potato varieties have less acrylamide
22 How and why to keep phosphorus on no-till fields
23 Cornell Agritech cherry tomato ripens while green
24 USDA funded $287.7M for specialty crop automation
26 Studies target crippling tomato disease; prevention
28 Green chile pepper for mechanical harvest sought
MSUE Vegetable Notes
30 Fungicides help onions against stemphylium leaf blight
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