…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…
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…
Bayer/Monsanto Merger Clears All Hurdles
…Bayer completed the sale of certain assets to BASF. Some of the divestments included Bayer’s field crops business, vegetable seed business, a digital platform, and other assets. The U.S. Justice…
Preparing Your Garden for Winter Planting
…to do to prepare for your winter harvest is to make sure to prep the soil so that it doesn’t freeze on your winter crops. Use a thick later of…
BASF Closes Acquisition of Bayer’s Vegetable Seeds Business
…successful business track record to BASF’s portfolio.” The acquired vegetable seeds business comprises 24 crops and about 2,600 varieties. It also includes a research and development operation, and breeding systems…
Tariffs Could Cost Fruit and Nuts $3 Billion
…and Resource Economics. When nuts and fruits are diverted back into the remaining markets for their crops, Sumner and co-author Tristan M. Hanon, a UC Davis graduate student researcher, expect…
Agri View: Tension Affecting Farm Exports
…one of America’s largest crops. In total acreage it ranks right up there with cotton and corn. It goes without saying that imports are important. Up until recently China was…
Agri View: Domestic Grapes Still in Demand
Everett Griner talks about domestic grapes high in demand in today’s Agri View. Domestic Grapes Still in Demand You know, grapes are one of our smallest crops. If it were…