What are the magic words that would make you open to trying something new? Many of us are suckers for the words “free trial,” and with good reason. We get to try something new. If we don’t like it, we cancel it.
For a farmer interested in trying a new crop, a trial run is anything but free. If a crop fails there’s a real financial consequence. Enter David Suchoff. The alternative crops Extension specialist and NC State assistant professor of crop and soil sciences received a New and Emerging Crops Program grant from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that’s opening the door for farmers to test out sesame plants this spring and summer with little-to-no risk. The upside of this sesame trial: a potential economic boon for their farms.
Source : Cals