…play in soil health? In 2017, Rodale Institute’s research project was one of 16 projects that received a permit for the inaugural planting of hemp in Pennsylvania in more than…
Second Lady Karen Pence, Secretary Perdue Unveil Beehive at Vice President’s Residence
…own hives, they can help by planting bee-friendly flowers and flowering herbs in their yards and gardens. Honeybees particularly love wildflowers, lilacs, poppies and Black-eyed Susans, as well as herbs…
National Gardening Exercise Day
…calories. Lifting and hauling the heavy rocks can burn about 400-to-600 per hour. Raking and bagging leaves could burn 300-to-400 calories per hour. Pulling weeds and planting flowers, too? Yep,…
California Processing Tomato Report
…weather eased drought concerns and increased available surface water from the state and federal water projects. It did, however, lead to rain delays and flooded fields early in the planting…
Plants That Are a Magnet for Bees
…cities in the Ohio valley region that were relatively close in distance with comparable landscape plantings. She also identified 50 bees visiting the plant or planting at each site. She…
Almond Matters: Keeping Weeds from New Plantings
…it is that you can use it immediately after planting,” he said. “It’s a pre-emergent as opposed to a contact material.” New plantings usually happen in the fall and spring,…
Agri View: Avalon and Scab Resistance
…prospective growers. So the wait is on. Whether you are planting a couple of trees or an entire grove. The new name is Avalon. That’s Agri View for today. I’m…
Are You Ready for the Migration of Hummingbirds
…guys to your yard or patio so they’ll keep coming around. Including planting a garden that will cater to our nectar-loving friends. Or add a mister. Hummingbirds, like all birds,…
Soggy Fields slow Start of Rice Planting
…sure it will produce a viable crop, but with his planting window closing, he said if the experiment works, he will be better off than planting nothing on that ground….
Monsanto Terminates Sale of Precision Planting to John Deere
The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week that John Deere and Monsanto had terminated their attempted sale of Precision Planting, LLC., from Monsanto to John Deere. The department filed…
2017 P.I.E. Program Tour Dates Set
…efficiency and improve yields and fiber quality by: 1) gaining new perspectives in such fundamental practices as land preparation, planting, fertilization, pest control, irrigation and harvesting; and 2) observing diverse…
National Arbor Day
…you are organizing a tree planting project or looking to volunteer at a tree planting or pruning event, you can take pride in helping to transform our urban landscapes. Image…
2016 California Almond Acreage Report
…Service (NASS) conducts an annual acreage survey of California almond growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide annual almond acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It…
Salad Shortage Because of California Rains
…early end to the winter growing season in southern California and western Arizona. The warm weather was followed by unusually heavy rains that pushed back planting dates along the coastal…