Research into the challenges of today and the future are essential to protecting the value of your farm, as a business to be passed on or sold to future generations of growers.
Grower contributions to the CTPB have funded over $600,000 of research in just four years.
• Only a national effort can fund research on this level
• This addresses today’s challenges while securing our industry’s future
– shortening production cycles
– improving pest suppression
– advancing pesticide use
– improving performance once harvested
– addressing implications of climate change
– developing biological control
• As a group, we are funding research at top universities across the country including
– Penn State University
– Michigan State
– North Carolina State University
– Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
– Washington State
– Oregon State