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....
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. ...
By Pam Knox
University of Georgia
May in Georgia was very wet. Temperatures were normal to 2 degrees Fahrenheit above normal. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
I was 11 years old, and it was tobacco barning season, and we got up early that morning taking out tobacco. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Wilson, N.C., farmer Linwood Vick grew up quick in the farming business — he had to — and at a young age has become one of the top tobacco and sweet potato farmers in the Carolinas....
By Sharon Dowdy
University of Georgia
Top agricultural scientists from across the United States met in Georgia this month to discuss ways to help farmers increase profits, optimize yields, decrease inputs and manage crops based on local weather and soil conditions....
Florida Agriculture and Consumer Services Commissioner Charles H. Bronson has announced that weight restrictions on transporting potato crops out of northeast Florida have been eased as a result of flooding rains in that area of the state....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
As tobacco growers adjust to the shock of substantial reductions in the number of pounds offered in contracts by many of the manufacturers, a number of them have wondered about the wisdom of planting enough acres to produce leaf beyond the contracted limits....
By Brad Haire
University of Georgia
Watermelon farmers fear gummy stem blight more than any other disease....
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is offering grants to fund new projects to enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in the marketplace....
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