January in Florida began with mostly dry conditions and more rain was still needed. ...
By Katie Pratt
University of Kentucky
In the past six months, the economics for growing burley tobacco have changed. ...
The North Carolina Tomato Growers Association is offering a $1,000 merit/need-based scholarship for the 2009-2010 academic year. ...
By Roy Roberson
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Reduction in cotton, peanuts and tobacco acreage in the Southeast in recent years is the primary impetus for increased vegetable production in the region. ...
By Paul Hollis
Farm Press Editorial Staff
The outlook for fresh vegetables this winter features a 5-percent reduction in acreage and reduced availability of some warm-season crops like green beans and sweet corn due to a February freeze in Florida, according to the latest USDA Vegetables and Melons Outlook....
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
As the contracting season got under way in earnest for tobacco in late January and February, it appeared that both the volume and the price would be down from 2008....
In eastern North Carolina, as strawberry fertilization begins, the clock is ticking for growers to begin their tissue sampling program. ...
By Forrest Laws
Farm Press Editorial Staff
Many growers have been farming fewer and bigger fields to take advantage of gains in efficiency. ...
By Chris Bickers
Contributing Writer
There is a way that Southeastern growers could significantly increase their income from their fruits and vegetables but that is largely underused: That is, processing the excess production they can’t sell fresh and making it into high quality products....
By Suzanne Stanard
North Carolina State University
Bogue Sound watermelon production is taking off faster than the juice that rolls down your chin when you bite into a slice....
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