Fruit and Vegetable News

Join University of Minnesota Extension educators for a newly developed two-day, hands-on workshop for fruit and vegetable producers this winter. This training will include information and tools to help improve your farming skills to grow and sell more high-quality vegetables for wholesale, farm to school, and cooperative markets. If you are looking to improve your farm's operati...

We have gotten a few reports of bacterial canker from high tunnel growers around Minnesota. Read on for tips for ID, management advice, and a chance to inform future research.

What is bacterial canker?

Bacterial canker, caused by the bacteria Clavibacter michiganensis, is a disease that can affect all parts of the tomato plant — from leaves to stems to fruits. It ...

Author: Natalie Hoidal

It's garlic planting season. Here are a few quick tips to guide you.

1. Delaying planting due to heat?
We've seen mild fall conditions across the state this year, and the first frost date is significantly delayed. The standard recommendation is to plant one to two weeks after the first killing frost, which typically falls in late Se...

Annalisa Hultberg, Extension Educator, food safety  
Do you raise livestock on your farm? Do you grow vegetables in a high tunnel? Do you use the tunnel structure to house the livestock at any point during the year? If so, we would love to hear from you! 
UMN Extension is developing a new research study to help generate data to support safe integration of livestock ...

Article originally written by Annie Klodd (2020) and updated by Madeline Wimmer (2024, 2026), UMN Fruit Production Extension Educator.
Given that it's nearly October, we're far away from the start of the 2027 growing season, but now is a good time to think about ordering apple bare root trees for future plantings, which can take up to two years for some specialty ord...