Shipping Leafy Greens Logistics

COMMENTARY

• Leafy greens come from Yuma shipped across the US and Canada
• A billion pounds a month come from Yuma fields from Thanksgiving thru Easter
• 1500 refrigerated shipper trucks a day move those leafy greens
• Includes crops grown for seed

Yuma water resources

COMMENTARY

• Arizona’s 15 Leafy Greens covered by the Arizona Leafy Greens Agreement for stringent food safety practices
• The Yuma Center’s purpose:  Address the farm community’s problems and challenges.  Producing more with less resources
• Biggest challenges:  Irrigation management, soil health and mitigation of crop diseases
• Rich river valley soil, year round weather, water and nearby labor force produce high quality yields
• Ag technologies like broadband and wireless towers leading the way to more efficiency

EXPANDED CONTENT

• “A Case Study in Water Efficiency” gives a good overview of the water system, the productivity, and the conservation over the past 50 years, producing more crop with less water.
• YouTube playlist from 2022 Desert Agriculture Research Symposium
• Yuma Fresh Vegetable Association
• Western Growers Association Innovation

Future of farming

COMMENTARY

• Paul is the Chairman of The Future Of Agriculture and Food Production In A Drying Climate.
• How to help production in agriculture stay productive

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• Arizona Farm Bureau Subscription