Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the first weeks of spring, farm workers begin arriving at Schreiber Farms before the sun rises. Together in a parking lot, ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- May is National Asparagus Month and the crop is ready for picking in northern Michigan. The crop is a little early this year due to warmer winter conditions, ...

April showers might bring May flowers, but they don’t help asparagus grow. Only warm weather will bring the delicate shoots from the seven acres of fields cultivated by Papa’s Pumpkin Patch, the only ...

Michigan is second only to California in agricultural diversity. Among the more than 300 crops grown in the state, asparagus ...

Asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables you can harvest from your garden. The reason is because it is a perennial, which means once it is established, it comes up every year. There’s no need to ...

Northern Michigan asparagus farmers are beginning harvest season after a cold start to May delayed early crop growth and ...

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Eckert’s Farm, the family farm and country store in Belleville, Illinois, announced that this week's extreme cold forced the harvest of its asparagus. But all is not lost. In fact, ...

Washington farmers began cutting asparagus in the Mid-Columbia this week. It’s too late to appear on most Easter menus, but the first crop of the season is beginning to appear. “There’s a field over ...

PARMA, Idaho — Though asparagus cultivation occupies minimal Idaho farmland, one producer is ensuring the vegetable maintains a significant impact. The crop, less renowned than Idaho's famous potatoes ...

HART, Mich. — Asparagus is a common sight in any produce aisle across the country, but before it gets to your plate, a lot of it starts in Oceana County. Michigan makes up 81% of processed asparagus ...

TACOMA – During the first weeks of spring, farm workers begin arriving at Schreiber Farms before the sun rises. Together in a parking lot, they get their assignments for the day – they’ll either cut ...