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After experiencing significant plantlet damage after a hail storm, Worley Family Farms began focusing on a greenhouse.
" At that point, we decided that we
needed to do something different, "
said Mattive. " We started pretty
primitively and converted an old shed
into a greenhouse. "
In subsequent years, a new
greenhouse was built and the lab
facility moved so everything could be
interconnected. Today, Bob manages
the greenhouse operations, and Gail
manages the tissue culture lab, doing
many of the cuttings herself.
Carrying on the farm's reputation
for being early adopters and trying
new tech, Worley Family Farms
prides itself in being among the first
to try new varieties when they're
released from breeding programs.
The farm's machinery has been
equipped with GPS guidance for
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a long time, and equipment is
upgraded to stay up with the latest
technologies in the field, such as
those released in planters, and in the
packing shed with optical graders
and sorters and other robotics. Many
of the operation's activities can be
handled via smartphone.
" We try to keep up with new
technologies, and a lot of that is a
function of the younger generation, "
said Mattive. " My two sons, Grant
and Reid, along with my nephew
Matthew Smartt, bring fresh ideas
and are instrumental in adopting
new technologies on the farm and
in the shed. "
Having been in a serious drought
for the last 20 years, Mattive said, has
both encouraged and forced the farm
to manage its water use differently.
The farm pays close attention to
water usage, nozzle packages for
its center pivots, and the farm now
draws from two wells instead of one
for each pivot.
The farm also grows more crops
than it used to, which used to be
primarily a barley/potato rotation. It
then branched out and started growing
a sorghum sudangrass to improve soil
health and work as a soil biofumigant.
Things have evolved since then.
" Now we're using six, seven or
more species in our cover crop blend.
That helps to address any issues in
our soil so that we're not having to
use chemicals for nematode control
or suppression, and it really is helping
improve our overall soil health, "

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