Successes include:

• Blueberry farming from 800 acres in the 1970s to 5,000 acres in 2000, now producing more than 15 million pounds annually with a $13 million economic impact.
  
  
• Carrot farming from 387 acres in 1997 to 900 acres in 2000.
  
  
• Pecan farming economic impact from $50 million in 1970 to $120 million in 2001.

Research collaborations with USDA include:

• forage and turfgrasses
  
  
• insect biology and population management
  
  
• nematodes, weeds and crops
  
  
• watershed research laboratory