Agri-AFC, GreenPoint AG and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative have formed a joint venture combining their agronomy operations and will operate under the banner "GreenPoint AG."
The combination will include all operations of Agri-AFC LLC’s wholesale and retail business, GreenPoint AG’s retail...
The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a virtual research field day Wednesday, Sept. 9.
The virtual field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. and conclude at noon....
University of Georgia faculty will share the latest research on cotton, soybeans, corn and other southeast Georgia crops during the annual Southeast Georgia Research and Education Center Field Day held online Aug. 12.
Research and Extension faculty will present current...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As 2020 peanut prices gradually catch up to those offered in 2019, the popular legume, now planted on an estimated 35,000-36,000 acres across Arkansas, continues to look like an increasingly good bet for growers with...
Cotton and corn acreage in Mississippi are more than 30% below March projections, while growers of soybeans and peanuts planted much more than initially forecasted.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service released a report at the end...
Reduce digging losses with proper setup and field checks.
• By Amanda Huber •
Once the decision to dig has been made and equipment is readied and pulled into the field, a quick field test is needed to put the final...
NCSU Research And Extension Plant Pathologist A Voice Of Accuracy And Precision
• By David Jordan •
This fall, Dr. Barbara Shew will retire after many years of contributions to the peanut industry. Her work has encompassed the core components of...
Learn how to properly collect soil and root samples to test for nematodes.
Nationwide, crop losses caused by nematodes are estimated at around 5% to 10% annually. In the Southeast, where environmental conditions favor growth and reproduction of nematodes, losses...
Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
By the first week of June, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program had distributed more than 5 million food boxes in support of...
Dig at optimum maturity with the aid of a profile board.
• By Amanda Huber •
Determining when to dig is always tough. The maturity profile board, developed in 1981 by E.J. Williams and J.S. Drexler, ushered in a new era...
July brings a series of decisions that are generally associated with disease management. While herbicides will need to be applied in some fields and there could be outbreaks of foliar-feeding insects (hopefully not spider mites), the key to optimizing...
Cover crops protect and improve the soil when a cash crop is not growing. Ways that cover crops lead to better soil health and potentially better farm profits are outlined in the following 10 key impacts.
1 Cover crops feed...
What to expect for the rest of this growing season and into the fall harvest period.
• By Pam Knox, University Of Georgia Weather Network And Agricultural Climatologist •
Now that June 1 has passed, we are in climatological summer and...
Stress in agriculture has never been greater. Two major hurricanes, Irma and Michael, quality problems and now germination issues, low commodity prices, COVID-19 pandemic, riots and unrest in cities, talk of food shortages, a devastating court ruling on a...
I had a birthday recently. It was one of those big ones where the front number rolls over. In planning a family gathering to celebrate the event, my mother got the idea to dig out some pictures. I am...
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