along with this, through its packing shed, mcmaster farms runs around 100 acres of sweet corn from a neighbouring farm. this packing shed also functions as a retail outlet. the corn is offered to chain stores, farm markets, and roadside stands mentioned dave mcmaster. dave operates the business with his wife, carrie. the farm has an extensive variety of customers. while explaining, dave mentioned that, almost every day, an older gentleman comes to the farm and purchases two ears. whereas, others take full semi loads. primarily, the mcmasters cultivate bicolour, augmented super sweet types. usually harvest runs from early july to early october. the corn is then irrigated. after collecting, it&rsquos taken to the packing shed. in the packing shed, corns are then packaged in any way a customer wants, he mentioned. carrie mentioned the sweet corn regularly is packaged fivedozen per bag. dave, who is a thirdgeneration farmer, administers specifically the crop and field work, whereas his wife oversees office, sales and employee work. in 2000, carrie and dave took over the family business she said. mcmaster farms, which is located in northeast ohio, offers produce for many of its customers operating in cleveland and pittsburgh by truck, carrie mentioned. along with the sweet corn, the farmers cultivate pumpkins 125 acres, squash, gourds and many fall items, along with mums as well as several hundred acres of field crops. last year, they also started cultivating tomatoes. harvest of pumpkin generally begins in early september and overlaps with harvest of sweet corn. carry says that&rsquos a busy time for the farm. she said that around the labour day, they start getting swamped by the work. it&rsquos a lot of work, and a lot of hours, carry continued, but they take pride in what they do. a few people are working with dave and carrie to help them year round. during the busy season, they hire another 40 or so, she mentioned. via chain stores and farmers&rsquo markets, the pumpkins are sold. however, some are sold out of the packing plant, she mentioned. carrie said that the weather dry one minute, raining the next plus food safety examinations as chief thorns in the farm&rsquos side, but she saved most of her criticism for country of origin labelling regulations, which were applied since last september. so far, for the mcmasters, the new cool regulations have been a costly burden. carrie predicted that adherence with the new regulations had resulted in costing the farm more than 5,000 as of november, as well as the extra labour and time dedicated to coming up with new labelling and traceback procedures. they had to appoint extra staff just to put on labels on all their packages, she mentioned. mcmaster farms carries out a lot of produce for a lot of different customers, who all seem to need different labels. some stores are fine with just &ldquomade in the usa&rdquo labels, while rest wants more precise information. carrie also mentioned that cool could put some cultivators out of business. source of information httpvegetablegrowersnews.comindex.phpmagazinearticleohiosweetcorn
