North Carolina growers are making good harvest progress, with corn, tobacco and peanuts mostly out of the field. ...
Cool, wet weather arrived in the lower Southeast last week, delaying cotton, peanut and soybean harvest, but benefiting small grain seeding and forage crops....
Corn and tobacco harvests in North Carolina were nearing completion last week as parts of the state received the first frost of the season....
Light rains slowed the Alabama crop harvest this past week as cotton picking lagged last year’s pace by nearly 10 percent and was 4 percent behind the five-year average....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The only thing standing between some Georgia peanut producers and an exceptional year is one more good rainfall, says John Beasley, University of Georgia Extension peanut specialist....
By Paul L. Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
While rainfall from tropical storms has been beneficial to some areas of the Southeast this year, other areas remain dry. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Growers in the upper Southeast continue to battle back against the growing problem of weed resistance to herbicides. ...
Kendall “Kent” Wannamaker of St. Matthews, S.C., is proof that a farmer can get a strong start in farming by renting land for growing crops, even with little in the way of initial financial resources. ...
A combination of recent rainfall and a delayed planting season last spring has Virginia growers running to catch up with harvest. ...
A week of dry weather allowed lower Southeast growers to make rapid progress with cotton harvest. ...
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