Tag: fodder growing system
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Harvesting fresh asparagus is laborintensive because each spear is hand cut individually
Individual commodities, however, have fared very differently. Between 1990–92 and 2008–10, average U.S. fresh-market asparagus production declined 50%, while fresh-market strawberry production increased 137%. The U.S. produce industry competes with producers in many other countries with lower farm wages, and imports are increasing as a share of U.S. consumption—up 152% for fresh fruit and 109%…