The Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) has just announced the state’s Top Twenty agricultural commodities for the 2008 production year....
By Katie Pratt, University of Kentucky
With harvest nearing completion, high humidity levels caused by an exceptionally moist year could potentially cause curing problems for growers of burley and dark tobacco, said specialists with the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture....
By Leah Chester-Davis, North Carolina State University
North Carolina State University’s Program for Value-Added & Alternative Agriculture became N.C. MarketReady on Oct. 20. ...
By Sharon Dowdy, University of Georgia
Of the more than 170,000 acres of Georgia farmland devoted to growing vegetables, only 3,000 acres are dedicated to growing organic produce. ...
Hugh Weathers, Commissioner of Agriculture, has announced that South Carolina is the recipient of a USDA Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) grant. ...
By Chris Bickers, Contributing Writer
It wasn’t so long ago that Greg Hyman’s farm near Conway, S.C., grew lush every summer with the green leaves of the flue-cured tobacco he grew annually....
Innovative projects that address agricultural issues and the needs of communities and North Carolina farmers affected by the changes in the tobacco industry can apply now for grant funds. ...
By Aimee Nielson, University of Kentucky
Two years ago on a visit to Canada, Sarah Fannin saw something she was sure would be a good fit for east Kentucky agriculture — sweet potatoes....
Organic growers in North Carolina can apply for partial reimbursement of the cost of becoming certified or re-certified producers through a program offered by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services....
Florida vegetable growers began to prepare fields for the fall crop in early August, tilling ground and laying plastic....
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