February 2001

Cut flower school
March 10 in Belleville, Michigan
Michigan State University (MSU) and Ohio State University (OSU) Extension are teaming up to respond to the increasing interest in producing field-grown cut flowers.


Pioneer Growers Co-op of Belle Glade, Fla. marketed all of the sweet corn grown on 1,000 acres by growers from the Western Kentucky Growers Cooperative. Click here for the full story.


Sweet Cooperation
Kentucky co-op scores big with sweet corn
Cooperation, alliances, working together, alternative crops, value-added. Growers have become familiar with these terms lately.

PPI has been Promoting Pickles
for More than 100 Years
Pickle Packers International (PPI) promotes pecks of pickles that Peter Piper will buy.

Growing Tomatoes in Cages can
Maximize Yield and Quality
Maximizing tomato yields is a subject that many tomato growers would be eager to learn about, especially when increased yields can mean increased profits.


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