Selected Factsheets for Commercial Vegetable and Berry Growers

• Agriculture is Alive and Well in Vermont (2005)
  
• Agricultural Business Plan - A Guide to Writing One (2000)
  
• Beneficial Insects for the Greenhouse (2003)
  
• Beneficial Nematodes to Control Black Vine Weevil in Strawberry (2002)
  
• Bio-Rational Pesticides (1999)
  
• Checklist for Potential Success in Vegetable Production/Marketing (2004)
  
• Climate Change and Vermont Agriculture (2011)
  
• Colorado Potato Beetle (2004)
  
• Community Supported Agriculture: Connecting Farms and Consumers (2004)
  
• Compost Tea for Disease Suppression (2005)
  
• Cover Crops and Green Manures (2004)
  
• Covid-19 Resources for Vermont Vegetable and Berry Growers (2020)
  
• Crop Rotation On Vegetable Farms (2010)
  
• Cultivation Equipment for Weed Control: Pros, Cons and Sources (2001)
  
• Decision Tool for Values-Based Food Purchasing (2021)
  
• Deer Management - an Overview (2006)
  
• Customer Loyalty (2003)
  
• Employee Handbook for Your Farm (2013)
  
• End of Season Management (2004)
  
• Enterprise Budget Worksheet (2010)
  
• Ergonomics of Farm Work (2013)
  
• Farmer-Grower Grants (2003)
  
• Farm Employee Handbook (2013)
  
• Farm Market Tune-Up
• Farm Resilience Checklist (2014)
  
• Farm Signs (2005)
  
• Flame Weeding (2004)
  
• Flea Beetle Management (2003)
  
• Flooded Produce FAQs (2023)
• Funding Sources for Farmers (2024)
  
• Galinsoga Management (2014)
  
• Grafting Greenhouse Tomatoes (2007)
  
• Grower Perspectives on Wholesale Markets (2019)
  
• Growing Garlic (2005)
  
• Growing Good Transplants (2014)
• Harvest Efficiency for Vegetables (2010)
  
• Health and History of Highbush Blueberry (1998)
  
• Heavy Metals Soil Tests (revised 2023)
  
• High Quality, Low-Tech On-Farm Compost (2007)
  
• High Tunnel Soil Fertilty Recommendations (2018)
  
• History of the Strawberry (2012)
• Impact of Tropical Storm Irene on Vermont Agriculture (2012)
• Impact of and Response to 2023 Flooding of Vermont Farms (2024)
  
• Importance of H2-A to One Farm in Vermont (2012)
  
• Information Resources for Commercial Growers in Vermont (2025)
• Information Resources for Highbush Blueberry Growers in Vermont (2024)
  
• Increase Sales at Your Roadside Market
• Interpreting UVM Soil Test Results (2021)
  
• Interseeding Cover Crops
  
• Leafy Greens Wash Water Study (2014)
  
• Leasing Land to Farmers (revised 2023)
  
• Lightning Safety (2021)
• Making Sense of Seed Catalogs (2023)
  
• Managing Nitrogen on Organic Farms (2005)
  
• Mummy Berry Disease of Blueberries (2004)
  
• Nitrogen Management for Annual Vegetable Crops (2005)
  
• Nutrient Management on Organic Vegetable Farms (2008)
  
• Nutrient Management Planning Tools for Vegetable and Berry Farms
• On-Farm Composting (2004)
  
• Onion Diseases (2015)
  
• Optimizing High Tunnel Production (2022)
  
• Organic Farm Plan (2004)
  
• Organic Market Trends (2006)
  
• Organic Greenhouse Tomato Production: A Primer (2005)
  
• Organic Greenhouse Tomato Nutrition (2012)
  
• Organic Potato Production (2005)
  
• Organic Vegetable Disease Management (2005)
  
• Organic Vegetable Production: Managing Nutrients and Pests (2001)
  
• Organic Weed Management (2014)
  
• Overview of Commercial Horticulture in Vermont (2024)
  
• Plastic Mulch Primer (2004)
  
• Perimeter Trap Cropping (2004)
  
• Phytophthora Blight and Its Management (2003)
  
• Please Don't Call it Dirt! (2010)
  
• Potting Mixes for Organic Growers (2012)
  
• Powdery Mildew Management on Organic Cucurbits (2005)
• Preparing Farms for Potential Flooding (2024)
  
• Pre-Sidedress N Test for Sweet Corn (2003)
  
• Prevent Greenhouse Collapse (2014)
  
• Produce Safety Regulations Update (2017)
  
• Pruning Highbush Blueberries (2017)
  
• PYO Risk Reduction During the Covid-19 Pandemic (2020)
  
• Rotations and Cover Crops for Strawberry Production (2002)
  
• Quackgrass Management (2013)
  
• RAPS Summary for Vegetable Growers (2017)
  
• References for Vegetable Growers (2001)
  
• Row Spacing Should Enhance Efficiency (1998)
  
• Scheduling Sweet Corn Plantings (2015)
  
• School Food in Vermont (2004)
  
• Selling Fresh Produce to Institutions (2015)
• Small Fruit Leaf Analysis (2022)
  
• Soil Compaction on Vegetable Farms (2010)
  
• Soil Microbiology: A Primer (2004)
  
• Soil Organic Matter: Living, Dead, Very Dead (2005)
• Soil Testing on Farms and Gardens after Flooding (2024)
  
• Soil Testing High Tunnels (Becky Maden, 2023)
  
• Sorghum-Sudangrass: A Vigorous Cover Crop (2022)
• Sources of Nitrogen for Organic Farms
• Spotted Wing Drosophila Netting Trial (2013)
  
• Strawberry Variety Overview (2014)
  
• Stay Safe in the Sun (2014)
  
• Sweet Corn Genotypes (2004)
  
• Ten Reasons to Buy Local Food (2010)
  
• Ten Steps to Organic Weed Control (2007)
  
• Testing Soil, Plant, Compost and Water Quality (2024)
  
• Transferring the Farm (2006)
  
• Transgenic Crops in Vermont: Strategies for Co-Existence (2003)
  
• Transplanting Sweet Corn (2014)
  
• Transitioning to Organic Crop Production (2006)
• Vegetative vs. Reproductive Growth in Greenhouse Tomatoes (2017)
• Vermont's New Plant Hardiness Zone Map (2024)
  
• Wash Water Discharge from Packsheds Guidance (2016)
  
• Wash Water Management to Reduce E. coli (2014)
  
• Weed Seed Rain (2010)
  
• Whole Farm Water Use Grower Survey Results (2018)
  
• Winter Rye: A Reliable Cover Crop (2021)
  
• Winter Vegetable Storage (2012)
  
• Yield Estimates for Vegetables and Berries in New England (2013)
  
• Price Estimates for Vegetables and Berries in Vermont (2013)
• Wood Chips as a Soil Amendment (2007)
  
• Zone Tillage Project Report (2012)

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