Posts Tagged: 'Farming'

Small Hay, Big Needs

Most days, from 5 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., you can find Galen Hammann working what might be called his first shift. He’s an assistant engineer at the Truman Hotel in his hometown of Jefferson City, Mo. By mid-afternoon, he’s working...

Keen on Peaches

Another juicy fruit has begun to grow in Florida groves. Long known as a product of California and Georgia farms, the peach may have a future in the Sunshine State. Lake Wales farmer Greg Waters certainly thinks so. In the...

A Crop With Punch

Horseradish thrives in deep, sandy soil, the kind you find in America’s bottomlands, including third-generation farmer Barry McMillin’s 1,200 acres near Caseyville, Ill. “German immigrants lived in this area,” McMillin says, “so it’s a tradition to grow horseradish here.” Today,...