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Yuma’s winter agriculture season usually ends around April but this year it ended a few weeks early. The COVID-19 pandemic led to industry shutdowns that…
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The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the local, state and federal response to it are wide ranging, impacting Yuma's biggest and smallest industries.On…
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The coronavirus pandemic has impacted many industries, including Yuma’s agriculture business. While farmworkers have stayed on the job during the current…
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In Yuma, Arizona, the Colorado River is not what it was. For thousands of years, its raging water deposited rich soil in the delta, creating one of the…
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Yuma, Arizona provides the majority of winter leafy greens in the U.S. and Salinas, California grows those same crops in the summer. When harvest periods…
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It has been an unusually wet winter thus far for the sunniest city in the world and meteorologists predict the trend will continue. The recent rainfall in…
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International accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers recently projected a 32-billion-dollar market for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle use in the agriculture…
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For decades, industries using rubber have looked for alternatives to supplement and back up their supply. 90% of natural rubber is from trees grown…
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More than 150 lettuce growers and researchers are gathering this week in Yuma to discuss a soil-borne fungal disease that damages lettuce crops in the…
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Fusarium wilt - a lettuce disease caused by a soil-dwelling fungus - is becoming a more common problem in fields. The disease causes lettuce to droop and…