BLOOMINGTON, Ill. – Owners of a seventh-generation family country store and orchard shared their tips for surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, businesswise, during the recent Illinois Specialty Crops Conference. Chris and Angie Eckert, owners-operators of Eckert’s Country Store and Orchard in metropolitan St. Louis said their farm – where Eckerts have grown apples for more than a century – persevered and in many ways flourished by being adaptable to pandemic restrictions and consumer preferences.
USDA lowers 2020 production numbers and ending stocks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, market analysts sifted through several USDA crop reports, which included some lowered numbers for 2020 production. Ending stocks for corn, soybeans and wheat were also reduced from December estimates.
LEMMON, S.D. (AP) — A grass fire in far southeastern North Dakota has consumed 20,000 acres, forcing farmers and ranchers to evacuate and leaving two firefighters hurt.
CAMDEN, Ohio – “The Garlic Man.” That’s how people at the Oxford Farmers Market refer to Craig Harkrider, of Stoney Hedgerow Farm. The name is accurate. In late fall, Harkrider plants about 5,200 garlic cloves, then sells the harvest at the market
