…increasing water infiltration and nutrient cycling. The Old Farmer’s Almanac is calling for above average levels of precipitation for much of California and slightly lower temperatures for the coming fall…
ASTA Outlines Priorities for Final Farm Bill
…Agency regarding cover crop usage alongside cash crops, so farmers and producers no longer run the risk of losing their crop insurance because they used cover crops as an approved…
How, and When, to Harvest the “Three Sisters”
…is to soon, and no liquid means it is a bit later than optimal. As for the other crops. When growing dry beans for storage, the process is different than…
Latest Climate Change Assessment Illustrates Farming Challenges of the Future
…various climate change scenarios. Adapting crops and production methods can help address climate change issues. Specialty crops were also shown to be more successful over feed, field and grain crops…
Environmental Groups Urge EPA to Revoke Dicamba Approval
…Bayer’s dicamba-based weed killer posed to nearby crops before approving it in 2016, according to Reuters. Monsanto, a unit of Bayer, urged the court to dismiss the lawsuit. Bayer expects…
Agri View: Florida – Georgia Water War Goes On
…water to irrigate crops, that it didn’t permit enough to flow into Florida to sustain the once thriving oyster industry. Since the Supreme Court decision, there is a new factor…
USDA Scientist Receives the Borlaug Field Award
…of Ug99, a devastating wheat disease that threatens the world’s wheat crops. As coordinator of the ARS spring wheat nursery project in Kenya and Ethiopia, Rouse identified U.S. wheat breeding…
Agri View: Boll Weevil Battle Nearly Over
…battling the weevil. Boll Weevil Battle Nearly Over You know, cotton is one of the oldest crops grown in this country. Especially in the southern states. It was one of…
Seldom Thought About but Easy to Grow
…as a perennial, providing harvests every year without having to cultivate it again and again. Garlic is also a great companion plant with many crops because it repels pests. Garlic…
Transferring Sorghum’s Weed-Killing Power to Rice
…(NPURU) in Oxford, Mississippi, are investigating whether sorghum’s weed-inhibiting properties can be transferred to other crops like rice and used as a bioherbicide. Producing sorgoleone in other crops would potentially…
Agri View: Blueberries – An Expanding Crop
…That soil did not accommodate crops like corn, cotton, and peanuts. So, it grew pine trees. Now, as it turns out, that soil is just what blueberries need. The winter…
Commodity Prices Have Landowners Searching for Additional Income
Low commodity prices have landowners searching for alternative incomes, according to Farmers National Company. The company says this is especially true as farmers head into harvest of the 2018 crops…
Capitol Water Rally ‘Worth Your Fight’
…the rising costs of energy combined with increasing levels of regulation are already putting significant pressure on the farming industry. A few speakers also noted the timing for requiring 40…
Beck’s, Stine, Seek Further Dicamba Restrictions
…drifting would stop if the Environmental Protection Agency restricted its use to killing weeds in fields before crops are planted. Last year, drift issues from dicamba herbicides sprayed on resistant…