By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Alabama farmers who want to become better stewards and improve environmental quality have until June 19, 2009, to sign up for an incentive provided through the Environmental Quality Incentive Program (EQIP)....
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Due to its internal makeup, a pecan tree naturally makes a big crop every other year. ...
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The aim of precision agriculture is to help growers maximize their economic returns, and new methods of detecting and controlling nematode populations in a field is certainly in keeping with that aim....
If you farm, spring should be a time to check your safety practices. ...
Deere & Company has announced a new global operating model that will combine the technology, expertise, experience, channels and investments of the Worldwide Agricultural Equipment Division and the Worldwide Commercial & Consumer Equipment Division into a single unit called the Worldwide Agriculture and Turf Division, effective May 1, 2009. ...
Agricultural Commissioner Ron Sparks has announced the implementation of the Alabama Disabled Agribusiness Programs & Technical Support (ADAPTS) program at the Department of Agriculture & Industries (ADAI)....
A new safety campaign launched by the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Alabama Department of Transportation and Alabama Farmers Federation is geared at reducing highway accidents involving slow-moving vehicles (SMVs)....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
You wouldn’t call it over-confidence, but the mood among farmers and agriculturists at the recent Southern Farm Show in Raleigh, N.C., was definitely more optimistic than a year ago....
A total of six lives were reported lost in accidents on Virginia farms in 2008 — the lowest number since Virginia Farm Bureau began gathering statistics in 1994....
By Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
You have identified 20 different ways to cut your operating costs to the bare bones. ...
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