By Leah Chester-Davis
North Carolina State University
Nestled among the rolling hills of the North Carolina Piedmont Research Station in Rowan County just west of Salisbury are high-tunnel greenhouses that in the dead of winter are teeming with fresh, red strawberries....
By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture
Tiny, wormlike organisms called nematodes can be friend or foe to farmers. ...
By Bob Hochmuth
Florida Multi-County Extension Agent
Florida is well-known as a leading state for field production of vegetables, but you may be surprised to learn it’s also a leading producer of greenhouse-grown fruits, vegetables, herbs and specialty crops. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Every day in the United States over one billion servings of U.S.-grown produce is consumed without anyone getting sick. ...
By Don Shurley
University of Georgia Extension Economist
At winter county meetings around the state, the discussion often seems to eventually gravitate to not only price outlook but also production costs and what producers are thinking about planting....
By Carol Spence
University of Kentucky
In the 1950s, more than 120,000 acres of Kentucky farmland stood in barley. ...
Corn growers now have access to a new one-pass, full-season weed control tool, as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved Corvus herbicide from Bayer CropScience....
Todd P. Haymore, Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS), has released a statement about the nationwide peanut product recall: “Virginia peanuts, because of their superior quality, are generally sold as shelled or in-shell peanuts, and these products are safe to eat. ...
By Ron Smith
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The U.S. and global economy will get better, perhaps as soon as the fourth quarter of 2009. ...
A delegation of produce buyers and wholesalers from the Ontario province of Canada will visit Florida in March to meet with leading agricultural producers and tour farms, packinghouses and state farmers' markets....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The reality of herbicide resistance has created the need to use multiple modes of action on large acreage row crops and the side-effect has created some management challenges for vegetable farmers, who also grow grain, cotton and peanuts in the Southeast....
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
USDA officials erred when they wrote the new interim final rule for payment limits and should rescind it before it “adversely affects producers and farm operations from coast to coast,” a group of senators said....
The American Soybean Association (ASA) welcomes the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announcement to continue the Asian Soybean Rust Pest Information Platform for Education and Extension (PIPE). ...
According to a trio of budget and policy analysts speaking at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s 90th annual meeting in San Antonio, America’s future financial well-being is at risk because of a future, long-term federal budget deficit....
By Laura McGinnis
United States Department of Agriculture
A new field tool developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists applies poultry litter to fields in shallow bands, reducing runoff of excess nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen....
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This course covers a wide range of options to effectively control weeds in cotton and reduce the risk of weed resistance management. It is accredited for hours/units for licensed/accredited applicators in 7 U.S. Cotton Belt states (Florida, Georgia, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, South Carolina an d Tennessee. CCA credit is pending).
(New Course)Integration of a new mode of action compound like Coragen into IPM and IRM programs to control Lepidoptera in leafy greens, fruiting vegetables, peppers and brassica or cole crops is always welcome. This online CE accredited course details how best to use this new mode of action insecticide in intensive vegetable production. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and by state agencies for licensed applicators in Texas, Georgia, Florida, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
(New Course)This online accredited course focuses on Calcium, an important plant nutrient in fertilizer management for maximum, healthy plant development as well as disease and pest prevention. It is accredited by the Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) program and for licensed applicators in licensed Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Credit applications are pending in South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Washington.
Keeping crop protection chemicals on the crop for which they are intended has been a cornerstone of farming not only to protect neighboring crops, but to not waste money allowing products to drift off the intended target. This accredited online continuing education course covers the critical elements of spray drift management.
