By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
The recent wet weather has resulted in many cases of target spot on young burley tobacco plants in greenhouses across Kentucky....
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Kenly, N.C., vegetable grower James Sharp started young in the business. ...
By Ames Herbert
Virginia Tech\Department of Entomology
Growers in our area have been dependent on pyrethroids for controlling corn earworm (CEW) for many years in many crops including cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sweet corn, tomato and several other vegetable crops. ...
By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
U.S. fresh-market area for harvest for 11 selected vegetables was forecast to decline by 4 percent to 194,200 acres this spring, largely April through June, according to the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook. ...
By Faith Peppers
University of Georgia
On April 20, Georgia’s Vidalia onion growers started shipping this year’s crop, which is expected to be high in quality and yields. ...
By Tom Nordlie
University of Florida
Chilli thrips sound more like a snack food than an agricultural menace, but these tiny insects threaten many of the Sunshine State’s most important crops — fortunately, University of Florida research shows a predatory mite gobbles them up like popcorn....
By Peter Hull
Clemson University
The Palmetto State's freshest seafood and agricultural produce is just a mouse click away through an interactive tool now available in South Carolina....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
Despite the hard economic times and gas prices higher than a few years ago, the one segment of agriculture that seems to be flourishing right now is agritourism....
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
In the past several years, double-crop curing of dark tobacco has grown in popularity with growers....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
A farmer-operated organization with the mission of promoting the export of American leaf of all types may be just a few steps from becoming a reality....
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