Market prices are high, but asparagus production is slow for Washington farmers trying to stay afloat dealing with rising ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley gardeners and farmers! This week I am discussing a great perennial vegetable for the garden, asparagus. Fresh asparagus will be harvested soon and be available at farmer’s ...

California farmers once grew 36,000 acres of asparagus. Now, fewer than 3,000 acres are devoted to it in the state. How did we get here? It was a late March morning and dozens of women and men ...

Michigan produce is often the star of the grocery cart: a Honeycrisp apple, a bag of tart cherries or a pint of juicy blueberries. But the start of the summer means bundles of crisp stalks of ...

Ever-increasing labor costs in California and free trade that led to a surge in cheaper, duty-free asparagus imports from ...

Asparagus is one of the most labor-intensive crops on the market. Especially the harvest is very demanding for precision – the terrain is uneven, and the stalks are thin and of varying length. These ...