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Ohio Department of Agriculture accepting specialty crop grant proposals

The Ohio Department of Agriculture is now accepting applications for the 2021 Specialty Crop Block Grant Program. To qualify, the grants must be used to support projects that raise awareness about and increase demand for specialty crops grown in Ohio. Eligible specialty crops include fresh fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and horticulture and nursery crops, including floriculture. Successful grant applications should explain how projects will improve specialty crop production through marketing and promotions, research, and development, expanding availability and access to specialty crops, or addressing local, regional, and national challenges confronting specialty crop producers. Preference will be given to projects that have the potential to significantly expand, enhance and improve production and demand.

Growers refine date palm irrigation with UC research

Ali Montazar/UCANR Fruit bags protect dates from insect damage and dust and prevent the fruit from falling to the ground. Despite efforts by growers to conserve water, data was lacking on date palms actual water use. California s $86 million date industry produces more than half of the nation s dates. Most of the fruit is grown in the arid Coachella Valley. Despite efforts by growers to conserve water, data was lacking on date palms actual water use to refine the best irrigation management for the crop until a recent research project led by Ali Montazar, UC Cooperative Extension irrigation and water management advisor for Imperial and Riverside counties.

Hops Class Looks to Grow Local Production

Pennsylvania has plenty of breweries, but not a lot of hops. So a professor, a farmer and a brewer have teamed up to change that. Alison Feeney, a geography professor at Shippensburg University, has been studying the local craft beer industry for 10 years, but it didn’t take that long to realize that Pennsylvania is short on the key ingredient for beer’s aroma and flavor. Most hops used in local brews are grown out of state, shipped from Oregon, Washington, Idaho or Germany. “In the last decade, we’ve had small farmers kind of pop up here and there,” Feeney said. “It is challenging to grow commercially and compete with those global markets.”

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