Cool, dry weather has helped Alabama growers surge ahead with harvest activities although wet fields from previous rainfall kept producers in some central areas out of their fields until mid-week....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Tropical Storm Fay brought much needed rainfall to Georgia in late August, but it caused $159 million in damage to crops in 31 south Georgia counties, according to a University of Georgia economic impact study....
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. ...
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