Farmer Decisions & Implications for Export Markets

Minor Use Foundation Board member Jason Sandahl is a minor-crop farmer in Oregon where he grows cherries, apples, and pears for both domestic and international markets. In this video, Jason explains the decisions minor crop growers have to make in order to protect their crops from pests while keeping in mind pesticide residue levels, quality of the harvest, and meeting requirements of export markets. He walks through a pesticide residue report for his cherry harvest explaining which export markets he can access based on his decisions regarding crop protection tools.