By Brad Haire, University of Georgia
Volatile spring weather and diseases have left Georgia’s tobacco crop hurting, as farmers prepare to harvest what could be their worst yields in decades, says a University of Georgia tobacco specialist....
By Kenny Seebold, University of Kentucky
Instances of late blight on tomatoes recently were found in Laurel and Larue counties in Kentucky and could be more widespread....
By Chris Bickers, Contributing Writer
Congress made history with a vote on tobacco in June. But it wasn’t the kind of history that growers wanted to be part of....
It's time for the biennial showcase in Princeton of the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture's latest research and Extension work — work that is not only conducted on its western Kentucky research station, but throughout the entire college. ...
Finding good help seems to be a universal problem in the agriculture industry. ...
By Paul L. Hollis, Farm Press Editorial Staff
A cool, wet spring delayed planting and crop progress across most U.S. spring and summer vegetable-producing areas, according to the USDA’s latest Vegetable and Melons Outlook Report....
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....
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....
You may be a better nuclear physicist than Ted Smiley. ...
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. ...
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