Jul 9, 2009 12:04 PM
Hal Gurley's farm sits along a back road in Rolesville, N.C. His eight acres are devoted primarily to cabbage and collards. Recently, however, he’s turned to something new —strawberries — and in the process he received some personal, site-specific, agronomic advice....
Jul 9, 2009 12:00 PM
The University of Tennessee Research and Education Center at Greeneville will hold its annual Tobacco and Forage Field Day on Thursday, July 16, beginning at 8 a.m....
Jul 1, 2009 12:00 PM
You may be a better nuclear physicist than Ted Smiley. ...
Jun 25, 2009 9:51 AM
The Virginia Farm Bureau Federation has leveled criticism at pending legislation in the Canadian parliament that would ban all burley tobacco imports from the United States. ...
Jun 18, 2009 12:42 PM, By Jan Suszkiw
United States Department of Agriculture
It only takes a few minutes of feeding for thrips to transmit the virus that causes tomato spotted wilt disease (TSW), despite growers’ attempts to prevent such assaults with insecticide spraying....
Jun 16, 2009 9:26 AM
The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has awarded nearly $90,000 in grants, during the current funding cycle, to 34 agricultural research and marketing improvement projects throughout West Virginia. ...
Jun 10, 2009 9:24 AM, By Pam Knox
University of Georgia
May in Georgia was very wet. Temperatures were normal to 2 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. ...
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