According to a blog post by Ed Barnes of Cotton Incorporated, “Seed coat fragments (SCFs) have been a long-term issue for cotton and outbreaks of SCFs occur sporadically every 3 to 5 years in a region of the U.S. This year the region includes Alabama, Georgia and Florida with the…
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As we continue to see earth’s temperature increase, farmers are considering how to adapt to different growing conditions. Areas that are most favorable for some crops like corn and wheat are moving north, which gives northern farmers more options for crops and southern farmers the opportunity to try new crops…
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Growing rice uses a lot of water because the traditional way of doing it requires ponds of water or rice paddies to grow the crop. Now Israeli scientists have developed a new way of growing rice with drip irrigation that is estimated to save 70 percent of the water used…
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A recent article in Vegetable and Specialty Crop News pointed out that recent rain of up to 3 inches in southern Florida have caused the muck soils there to hold water like a sponge. The effects on plants include stand loss and increased diseases on lettuce and beans. Fortunately, the…
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Temperatures across the Southeast have been rising since the 1960s, and nighttime low temperatures have been rising almost twice as fast as daytime high temperatures. According to an article in AgWeb, “Corn thrives in hot, humid summers, but it needs cool nights to fill kernels. Climate change is causing nighttime…
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