A local farmer was featured Monday on “Farm to Fork” a nationally syndicated ag radio program. Klaas Martens farms on nearly 2,000 acres of land near Penn Yan. Martens shared with the program his process of managing weeds on a farm that produces 25 to 30 different crops every year.
A third-generation farmer, Martens says one way for growers to change the weed environment is to toss a new crop in the rotation yearly
You can listen to “Farm to Fork” on Finger Lakes News Radio every weekday morning. For more on Martens’ weed management process, check out the video below:
