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Cover crops and specialty crop agriculture: Exploring cover crop use among vegetable and fruit growers in Michigan and Ohio [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Soil and Water Conservation, 2022
Cover crops—crops grown primarily to protect and improve soil—are widely considered to be an important component of sustainable agricultural systems because their use can provide multiple ecosystem services without compromising yields over time ...
E.D. Schoolman, J.G. Arbuckle
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Sensors for product characterization and quality of specialty crops—A review [PDF]

open access: yesComputers and Electronics in Agriculture, 2010
This review covers developments in non-invasive techniques for quality analysis and inspection of specialty crops, mainly fresh fruits and vegetables, over the past decade up to the year 2010.
Bart Nicolai   +2 more
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Analysis of the Regulatory Effects on California Specialty Crops: An Examination of Various Issues Impacting Selected Forest Products, Tree Fruit, Nut, and Vegetable Crop Industries

2006
In a research report for the California Institute for the Study of Specialty Crops, Hurley provided a broad overview of the web of regulatory bodies affecting California agricultural producers. He found that California specialty crop producers must comply with multiple regulations from multiple local, state, and federal agencies.
Hurley, Sean P.   +9 more
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Federal Marketing Orders for Fruits, Vegetables, Nuts, and Specialty Crops

1990
Many marketing orders have regulations for funding promotion and research and establishing package, container, grade, and size requirements. The intent of these regulations is to increase sales by increasing buyer awareness of the product, developing more desirable products, and reducing marketing costs.
Powers, Nicholas J., Powers, Nicholas J.
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10. The influence of field windbreaks on vegetable and specialty crops

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 1988
Abstract This paper reviews the literature concerning the protection of vegetable and specialty crops by windbreaks. There is overwhelming evidence to support and illustrate the positive benefits of shelter. Most benefits occur within 10 h on the leeward side (maximum 3–6 h ), or within 0–3 h on the windward side.
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A Review of Federal Marketing Orders for Fruits, Vegetables, and Specialty Crops: Economic Efficiency and Welfare Implications

1981
Extract from the report Preface: The charge to the review team was to "focus on the (marketing order) programs’ effects on economic efficiency, costs, and productivity.” Special attention was to be given "to those regulations that enable agricultural industries to control quantities of commodities marketed through various means such as reserve pools ...
Agricultural Marketing Service   +1 more
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PRODUCTION OF SPECIALTY VEGETABLE CROPS AT THE LAND

Acta Horticulturae, 1992
Mary K. Schon   +2 more
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