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Time to make key decision for cover crop effectiveness
With cover crop season coming up, vegetable growers will have decisions to make on what cover crops to plant and how best to grow and use them. The following is the first in a series... more »
Sklarczyk Seed Farm gets Michigan ‘Ag Exporter of the Year’ award
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) has awarded Sklarczyk Seed Farm of Johannesburg, Michigan, with the 2019 Michigan Agriculture Exporter of the Year Award. “We’re very proud to recognize Sklarczyk Seed Farm... more »
Walton County watermelon is the largest in Georgia 4-H contest
The melon is around five times the weight of your average watermelon and probably heavier than the boy who grew it. Smothers, who is entering his eighth-grade year at George Walton Academy, was one of... more »
California forms group to seek alternatives to use of chlorpyrifos
The California Department of Pesticide Regulation and California Department of Food and Agriculture today announced Aug. 14 the members of a new, cross-sector working group created to identify, evaluate and recommend safer, sustainable pest management... more »
Second quarter farmland values reported down in Midwest
AgLetter reports farmland values in the Seventh Federal Reserve District were down 1 percent in the second quarter of 2019 from a year earlier. Values for “good” agricultural land in the District were unchanged from... more »
Testing standards set for Michigan’s first industrial hemp crop
Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) Director Gary McDowell announced the implementation of emergency rules putting testing standards in place for Michigan’s first crop of industrial hemp. “This is an exciting next step... more »
Mental health, stress support set for Minnesota farmers
Low farm income, a lingering trade war and other issues affecting agriculture are increasingly causing stress and mental health issues for farmers in Minnesota and around the country. The University of Minnesota has stepped up... more »
Pursue benefits of cover crops in watermelons
Researchers with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture are conducting a series of experimental trials that may help the state’s watermelon growers improve their yields while improving the soil and reducing pest pressure.... more »
