Kentucky growers received some much needed rainfall last week as the main farm activities were seeding wheat, harvesting corn and soybeans, and stripping tobacco....
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....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
When it comes to food, perceived danger can be as harmful as a real one, especially to a farmer’s wallet. ...
Soybean harvest in Kentucky and Tennessee reached the half way point last week as fairly open weather prevailed over the two states....
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 Jim Langcuster
Auburn University
Jean Weese could be described as the Barbara Mandrell of food safety. ...
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 Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
Things have gone well for the blueberry since the turn of the century. ...
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