Posts by Bob Beyfuss
Bob Beyfuss, rlb14@cornell.edu, retired in 2009 from Cornell University Cooperative Extension, after 31 years as an Agriculture agent in Greene County. He is the author of “The Practical Guide to Growing Ginseng” (a 65 page grower’s guide), “Ginseng Production in Woodlots” and “The Economics of Woodland Ginseng Production”. Currently, Bob is Vice President of American Ginseng Pharm, a large scale woodland ginseng/herb/mushroom growing business in Greene and Delaware Counties, NY.
Commercial ginseng production has a long history and affiliation with Cornell University. I have a collection of Cornell publications dating from as early as 1904 on topics as specific as “Phytopthora Root Rot of Ginseng” and as general as “Diseases of Ginseng”. At one time, circa 1910, there were as many as 5,000 ginseng farms…
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