…and wetlands for giant garter snakes. Monarch Butterflies could be helped, too, by rewarding farmers for planting a strip of milkweed and wildflowers to help sustain them. According to the…
FSA and NRCS Officials Ask for Your Help in Controlling Palmer amaranth
…one plant can produce a quarter-million seeds. We are concerned that this weed may cause conservation planting stand failure and spread from conservation plantings into crop fields. It can greatly…
Earth Day Love
…laws. Including the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act. Today, Earth Day continues to be widely celebrated. The most common practice is planting new trees. As it falls…
California Grape Acreage Report, 2016 Summary
…an annual acreage survey of California grape growers. The purpose of this survey is to provide annual grape acreage with information on new plantings and removals. It is a continuation…
Lasagna Garden
…earth. In the end, and usually by the next planting season, with very little effort you’ll have a brand new garden. I’m Cathy Isom… Share this Post Jamie Johansson: A…
2017 Corn Plantings Falling Behind
Wet conditions across the Corn Belt are delaying corn plantings. The Department of Agriculture indicated earlier this week corn plantings have fallen slightly behind the five-year average, and wet weather…
China Growing Less Corn as Acreage Drops
Farmers in China will plant less corn this season, resulting in the nation’s smallest crop in six years. A poll by Reuters finds that during the spring planting season, growers…
April is Lawn and Garden Month
…yards this spring are actually things we probably should have done in the fall. Such as planting grass seed, most of the fertilization, and spraying for weeds. To begin our…
USDA Says Corn Plantings are Losing Ground to Soybeans
Friday’s Department of Agriculture prospective plantings report suggests that U.S. farmers will plant four percent less corn this year compared to 2016 while planting seven percent more soybeans. The report…
Crop Rotation
…In other words, moving those fruit and veggie crops around, rather than planting them in the same location year after year. Doing so will promote healthier soil and higher productivity,…
Very Early Planting Not Worth the Risks
An agriculture professor from the University of Illinois says very early planting is not worth the risks involved. Emerson Nafziger says planting well ahead of normal is unlikely to result…
Spinach Growers See Increased Demand
…planting more acreage, the pathogen is evolving much more rapidly and overcoming resistance. In recent years, the pathogen’s rate of proliferation has begun to outpace researchers’ ability to develop new…
65 Percent Water Allocations for CVP
…was delayed well into the planting season, forcing growers to make decisions about hiring, business operations, and land use without any certainty of water resources. Given the near-record snowpack and…
Agri View: New Pecan Nut
Everett Griner talks about University of Georgia developing a new pecan nut in today’s Agri View. New Pecan Nut Pecan growers who are planting trees now, or even starting a…