Vegetables

Technology can increase farmers market sales

Wed, 23 May 2012 11:23:00 +0000

By Eddie McGriff, Extension Agent, Coffee County, Ga.

I thought this would be a great technology to help farmers who sell directly to consumers increase their sales.

Florida research looking at honeybee response to chemicals, mites

Fri, 18 May 2012 11:41:00 +0000

By Mickie Anderson, University of Florida

University of Florida honeybee researcher Jamie Ellis is interested in what happens to bees that encounter chemicals and Varroa mites — but he’s even more interested in how younger bees fare long-term after facing those challenges.

Beard, Protsko win prestigious awards from the University of Georgia

Thu, 17 May 2012 14:03:00 +0000

By Jonathan R. Veit, Univesity of Georgia

Two University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty members have received Walter Barnard Hill awards in recognition of their public outreach programs.

Georgia agronomist exploring vertical farming concept

Thu, 17 May 2012 11:41:00 +0000

By James Hataway, University of Georgia

University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental doctoral student Erico Rolim de Mattos foresees a world where exploding human populations, global climate change and land over-development has rendered mankind incapable of producing enough food to sustain humanity.

Shading helps south Georgia peppers beat the heat

Mon, 14 May 2012 15:09:00 +0000

Provides big increase in marketable fruit

By Donn H. Cooper, University of Georgia

As the seasons turn, commercial bell pepper growers in the Southeast share a common foe: the sun.

Downy mildew showing up early in cucumbers

Fri, 11 May 2012 14:10:00 +0000

Steve Rideout, director of Virginia Tech’s Eastern Shore Agriculture Research and Education Center, warns cucumber growers in the state to scout for cucurbit downy mildew, which has shown up earlier in the season than usual.

Virginia Tech project exploring brown marmorated stink bug control

Tue, 08 May 2012 18:07:00 +0000

Targeting sustainable methods in vegetables

By Candace Pollock, Southern SARE

Virginia Tech researchers are exploring ways to sustainably control the brown marmorated stink bug in vegetable crops.

Fresh market vegetable prices take tumble

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:28:00 +0000

Strong, steady supply

A strong and steady supply of fresh-market vegetables is causing price reductions for growers, according to the latest Vegetables and Pulses Outlook report from USDA’s Economic Research Service.

Strawberry disease resistance making production tougher

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:59:00 +0000

CHARLES JOHNSON

Growing strawberries in Florida just got tougher. This spring, growers discovered that most of the usual fungicides had little effect on an outbreak of Botrytis cinerea.

From academia to agriculture— Worden Farm: driven by personal passion

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:56:00 +0000

CHARLES JOHNSON

Walking around the intensely-worked 40 acres she and her husband, Chris, farm near Punta Gorda, Fla., Eva Worden points out the hundreds of vegetable cultivars they grow, then reflects a bit on her own rather unusual journey to this place.