Specialty crop grant deadline approaches

‘Tis the season for specialty crop grant applications.
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The grants are part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s effort to expand certain crops and are distributed by the state Division of Agriculture.
Johanna Herron with the Division of Agriculture says farmers of root vegetables, fruits and even flowers are eligible to apply.
“The industry we see the most applying for proposals for the specialty crop is the peony industry, and that’s the flower industr