Michigan Asparagus Research: 2022 Yield Trials Categories: March 2023. Trials have been conducted over many years at the Michigan Asparagus Industry Research Farm and provide valuable data on many varieties of asparagus. Again this year, trials were conducted in...
Costs and Returns for Producing Michigan Asparagus Categories: August 2016. Extension Bulletin E3315. Michigan State University compiled this data based on interviews with nine growers with a total of 1200 acres of asparagus. It found that establishment costs for new...
Asparagus Emergence Studies: Predicting and Manipulating Spear Emergence Categories: March 2021. Spear emergence can be predicted by soil temperature but it’s not simple. Researchers found that producers can manipulate the time of spear emergence with rye or plastic....
Asparagus Irrigation Trials (Video) Categories: November 2016. In this video, Dr. Dan Brainard associate professor of horticulture at MSU talks about irrigation trials (2010-16) on yield and profitability of Jersey Supreme and Guelph Millennium during hot periods in...
Irrigation Impacts on Asparagus Quality & Yield – 2016 Research Updated Categories: December 2016. This research evaluated the impacts of irrigation during fern growth (2015) and harvest (2016). The objective of the fern growth irrigation study was to...
