The Packer reported this week that after some major hassles with the start of the Florida tomato crop, producers are slowly catching up with usual amounts. And with the price much higher than last year, they are reaping the benefits. The tomato season was slowed by Hurricane Irma’s destructive path…
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A recent news release from the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences described the efforts of Dr. Tim Brenneman to introduce the production of truffles to Georgia pecan orchards. You’ve probably heard of the fancy European truffles that are used to flavor foods like risotto, but may…
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While I know that quite a few soybeans have already been harvested according to the Weekly Crop Progress report from USDA, I still thought this article from AgWeb on drying rates for soybeans was worth looking at because of the dependence of the rates on weather factors like temperature and…
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Adam Rabinowitz of UGA posted a story in Southeast Farm Press this week which discussed the large yield of peanuts that were harvested this year. While Hurricane Irma negatively impacted the cotton crop, it did not affect the peanut yields in any meaningful way and both irrigated and dryland crops…
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If you like beer (and I do, since I am from Wisconsin), you may be interested in this story by National Public Radio about a lesser-known reformation led by Martin Luther–the movement to put hops in beer instead of herbs. Nowadays, hoppy beers are all the rage, but at the…
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Drovers’ Newsletter posted a story today that describes the accumulated costs of Hurricane Harvey on Texas agriculture. The major financial impacts of the storm were due to losses of cotton and losses to livestock. The new estimates include both the costs of animals killed in the storm and the costs…
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Brown marmorated stink bugs are an invasive pest which causes a lot of mid-summer damage to many Southeastern crops, but especially to fruit orchards. A recent study which looked at the likely range of stink bugs in a warmer climate shows that the bugs may migrate to the north and…
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