Yuma tour highlights diversity of U.S. ag
Lettuce and leafy greens production is part of Arizona's $23-plus billion agriculture industry. The American Farm Bureau Board toured Yuma, Ariz. f...
Lettuce and leafy greens production is part of Arizona's $23-plus billion agriculture industry. The American Farm Bureau Board toured Yuma, Ariz. farms, a lettuce processing plant, and the International Border in mid-March as part of its annual board meeting designed to help national farm leaders understand the diversity of U.S. agriculture. The two-day tour of desert farms in and around Yuma showcased winter vegetable production in a season that was extended somewhat across the region because of weather issues in the Salinas Valley of California that have delayed planting for the summer crop.