organic growers
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organic
adjective
uk/ɔːˈɡæn.ɪk/us/ɔːrˈɡæn.ɪk/
not using artificial chemicals in the growing of plants and animals for food and ...
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grower
noun[C]
uk/ˈɡrəʊ.ər/us/ˈɡroʊ.ɚ/
a person who grows large amounts of a particular plant or crop in order to ...
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(Definition oforganicandgrowerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Organic growers generally planted their fields at lower densities during these years, believing that lower plant densities would result in less leaf contamination and generate greater boll formation.
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It is vital that these ensure that conventional and organic growers should not lose out as a result of this technology.
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Also, very few organic growers grow forage maize.
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He spoke about the ethical nature of it, as if it were a question of organic growers being good people and other kinds of growers being bad people.
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This was due to the use of wettable and dusting sulfur (a miticide) in organic fields, which was the only pesticide used by organic growers.
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Marketing costs can be higher for organic growers and there can be greater marketing risks.
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Therefore, organic growers become reliant on hand weeding, which can be cost-prohibitive.
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Nineteen of the farmers (61%) grow produce; more than half of these are organic growers.
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Such infestations can impact subsequent yields8, and occurred in spite of sulfur use by organic growers (see pesticides below).
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These events received very broad press attention and triggered concerns, which were later put aside, that organic growers could lose certification by using contaminated compost3.
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In the future, uniform international codes will help ease the regulatory burden on organic growers and marketers.
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A very recent survey of 409 organic growers indicated that compost use rate is low due to concerns about poor quality13.
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Price risk management through the use of options and futures markets are not suited for organic growers because these markets are based on conventionally grown bulk commodities.
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Because of the short duration of persistence and because it cannot be used as a fumigation tarp, paper mulch may be adopted for commercial use primarily by organic growers.
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Many of the practises encouraged by the early organic growers are actively pursued today - municipal waste recycling, the use of green manures, integrated pest management, minimum tillage and fair trade.
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Organic growers used no synthetic insecticides.
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This interest corresponds with that expressed by organic farmers in a national survey8, where pest management and soil fertility were the most critical management problems for organic growers.
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