Crops
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It’s the time of year for crop meetings, and here is the link to the registration information for the 2021 Florida Panhandle Row Crop courses. As you might expect, they will be offered virtually, and you need to register to get the Zoom links. CEUs are available for pesticide credit. You can read more about…
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Clemson Extension is providing production meetings for food crops this year using virtual technology. You can learn more about what subjects they are going to cover and how to sign up at https://www.morningagclips.com/clemson-extension-to-hold-food-crop-production-virtual-meetings/.
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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 biggest outbreak of SCFs calls…
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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 or new varieties that are…
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Even though the Atlantic tropical season is over for this year, we are continuing to see impacts from this year’s storms coming in. We are also still seeing impacts from the wet conditions that have occurred across parts of the region this year. Here are three stories which describe some recent impacts of this summer’s…
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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 by traditional growing methods. Besides…
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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 weather for the next week…