AEWR's Rise Means Asparagus' Downfall: 'Not a Lot of Positivity for the Future'Video: AEWR's Rise Means Asparagus' Downfall: 'Not a Lot of Positivity for the Future'
Twenty years ago, Oceana County asparagus farmer Derek Oomen's family grew 80 acres of root-stock. Ten years ago that number had dropped to 40 acres. In 2023, that figure had plummeted to only 8 acres, meaning the demand for establishing new fields of asparagus is locked in a troubling downward spiral.