Specialty Crops: What Every Row Crop Farmer Can Learn
The discussion covers everything from almonds, vineyards, tomatoes, melons, cucurbits, tobacco, cotton, sweet potatoes, peanuts, peaches, apples, and leafy vegetables while comparing production practices to the corn and soybean systems familiar to much of the Farm4Profit audience.
Topics include:
Specialty crop production across the United States
California almonds, walnuts, pistachios, vineyards and vegetables
North Carolina sweet potatoes, tobacco and cotton
Why long-term planning matters in permanent crops
Water management and irrigation challenges
Labor costs versus traditional row crop production
Weed management strategies and residual herbicides
New Corteva herbicides including Hulk CA
Managing nematodes with Celebro
Disease and insect pressure in specialty crops
How growers balance profitability with quality expectations
Multi-generational family farms across specialty agriculture
What all farmers can learn from one another
The conversation highlights that regardless of geography or crop, every producer faces weather risk, pest pressure, rising input costs, and the need to make timely management decisions.
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