Difference Between Cash Crops and Food Crops
Learn about the key differences between cash crops and food crops, including their purpose, farming methods, economic ...
How Saffron, a Precious Import, Became an American Cash Crop
It’s hard work to harvest, but a growing cadre of small farmers and home gardeners are cultivating the spice for profit, or ...
Multicropping, natural farming ideal for small farmers
Given small farmers’ low marketable surplus and unfavourable markets, agriculture input subsidies, direct benefit transfers ...
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J.A. Bolton | Farming season is winding down
Farming season is winding down” was a term my granddaddy used a lot in September and the first of October every year. You see ...
Crop Prices Rise on Reduced Harvest Estimates
Federal agricultural forecasters trimmed their final estimates for the harvests of corn and soybeans, by 1.8% and 2.1%, ...
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How saffron, a precious import, became an American cash crop
The Philipps are part of a resurgence of interest in growing saffron among American small farmers in search of a cash crop ... Price explored several niche crops: wasabi, vanilla, hops.