Wed, Apr 15, 2009
COMING IN THE MAY ISSUE... As a young man in 1953, Huey P. Howard made his way from Leland, Mississippi to Southwest Florida to earn more than the $1 a day he was paid back home. Rumor had it one could earn as much $5 per day here and that sounded pretty good to him. Forty-five years later, Mr. Howard and his family raise over 600 head of cattle on 1500 acres in Hendry County.
Tue, Jan 27, 2009
This is Part 1 of a four part series that will take a good look at how vegetable seeds advance from an exhaustive research and development stage to a producer's field. Part 1 focuses on the important first steps of R & D and the eventual marketing of the selected seed. These seeds are the harbinger of plants destined to produce vegetables harvested for consumption around the world. FIELD AND GROVE recently sat down with two industry experts to discuss our area's contribution to this enormously important process.
This article represents Part 2 of a four part series that tracks the movement of vegetable seeds bred in Southwest Florida breeding facilities to the producer's field. February's article dealt with the endless research and development aspect of vegetable breeding. This month's installment focuses on the immensely important role seed distributors such as our subject, Siegers Seed Company, plays in this process.
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