organic growers

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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.
Marketing costs can be higher for organic growers and there can be greater marketing risks.
Therefore, organic growers become reliant on hand weeding, which can be cost-prohibitive.
Nineteen of the farmers (61%) grow produce; more than half of these are organic growers.
Such infestations can impact subsequent yields8, and occurred in spite of sulfur use by organic growers (see pesticides below).
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.
In the future, uniform international codes will help ease the regulatory burden on organic growers and marketers.
A very recent survey of 409 organic growers indicated that compost use rate is low due to concerns about poor quality13.
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.
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.
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.
Organic growers used no synthetic insecticides.
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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