Rise To The Challenge: AVG asked industry experts and growers how the present economic situation will impact the industry and how they will deal with current and upcoming challenges

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WELL, no matter what you thought about 2008, no one can say it was uneventful. From the incredibly high gas prices to the presidential election to the current economic situation, it was quite a year. But what does 2009 hold for the vegetable growing industry? We asked growers and others in the industry to comment on the recent economic upheaval and the biggest challenges that may be coming down the pike. Here's what people had to say: leases, adding to economic pressures on growers who lease propertyfor potato crops. While banks aren't leveraging as much, farming tends to be behind the economic curve in terms of feeling the impacts. As a result, contracts for 2009 were in place before the finance failures at the end of the year reverberated through the nation's economy.