Most Interesting And Fun Crops

COMMENTARY

• Alfalfa is a great source of nutrition for livestock
• Over the summer discovering cooler temperatures in the open exposed ground
• Most interesting crop to grow is seedless watermelon
• Most fun crop broccoli sprouts and assorted greens

Most Impressive About Arizona Ag

COMMENTARY

• The amazing vegetable production in Yuma Arizona
• Interesting forage crops
  • Triticale for dairy and feed lots
  • Teff grass for horses
• Significant changes in insecticides from harsh chemistry to gene technology
• Technology advances led to using less water with higher yields
• Why not use more drip irrigation in farming. Soil composition, water quality and cost

FACT

• Yuma’s ‘Salad Bowl’ production provides one hundred and seventy million servings per day US & Canada

Future Of Arizona Agriculture

COMMENTARY

• Can’t afford to lose agriculture with imports from other countries.
• Getting water issues straight to benefit rural farmers and ranchers
• Food security in the US