What Have We Learned From Several Years of Foliar Yield Enhancement Soybean Trials in North Carolina?
A more comprehensive research summary can be found at this link: NC State Soybean Extension Foliar Yield Enhancement Research …
Climate Change Is Already Hurting Fruit Breeders, and Consumers Could Soon Feel the Pain
In Mark Demuth’s research orchard in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the peach tree twigs glow a …
Strawberry Season in North Carolina Has Begun
Dexter Hill, N.C. Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services | 3/31/2019 | Via Morning Ag Clips 2019 NC Strawberry Season …
Controlling English Ivy in Urban Landscapes
Joe Neal | 3/5/2019 | NC State Publications and Factsheets English ivy (Hedera helix) is a shade-tolerant, woody perennial vine. …
Thinking About Growing Bamboo? Proceed With Caution!
Bamboo is planted for its ornamental qualities, grown for wood or wood fibers, or grown for edible bamboo shoots. …
Apple Trees Are Mysteriously Dying All Across America
Bryan Nelson | 3/28/2019 | Mother Nature Network Apple trees are an iconic national symbol in America, but the future …
Natural Plant Defense Genes Provide Clues to Safener Protection in Grain Sorghum
Dean Riechers & Lauren Quinn | 3/18/2019 | University of Illinois via USDA Fresh from the Field Weeds often emerge …
Cape Fear Farm Credit Heifer Showdown
2019 4-H Cape Fear FC Heifer Showdown Registration Showmanship Age Divisions: Cloverbud (5-8) Junior (9-11) Intermediate (12-14) Senior (15-18) Awards and Prizes Ribbons to all …
USDA Helps Protect Wetlands, Ag Lands, Grasslands
USDA NRCS | 3/27/2019 | via Morning AgClips USDA helps protect wetlands, ag lands, grasslands WASHINGTON — USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation …
Michigan Pollinator Project Surveys Planted Habitats
IPIPE | 3/27/2019 | March Newsletter Jacquelyn Albert, working with Dr. Rufus Isaacs and research technician Steve Van Timmerman at …
New Burndown Herbicide: Elevore
Burndown season is here and while glyphosate (Roundup, others) plus 2,4-D plus flumioxazin (Valor SX, others) is the standard, …
How Tree Diversity Regulates Invading Forest Pests
D’Lyn Ford at NC State University | 3/25/2019 | ScienceDaily A national-scale study of U.S. forests found strong relationships between …
Land Conservation Helps Local Economies Grow
Harvard University | 3/26/2019 | Morning AgClips via EurekaAlert! CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Land conservation modestly increases employment rates, a traditional …
Cover Crops That Take the Heat
USDA NRCS & Plant Materials Program | 3/22/2019 Plant Materials Centers (PMCs) in the Southeast are gathering data on different …
Blue Disease, Nematodes Aren’t the Only Threat in 2019
Bob Kemerait | 3/20/2019 | Southeast FarmPress Too many cotton stalks are left in the fields. Incessant rains that began …
New Vegetables and Herbs for Your Garden
Brian Barth | 3/25/2019 / Modern Farmer Branch out this year with varieties that will bring new flavors to your …
Auxin Stewardship Video Now Available at County Cooperative Extension Offices
Authored by: Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman In addition to the four face-to-face auxin stewardship meetings left (see our previous …
Raising a Stink for BMSB Research
Kate Prengaman | 3/14/2019 | Good Fruit Grower Almost a decade after the first brown marmorated stink bug outbreak cost …
MHCREC's Dr. Tom Ranney Wins Scott Medal
Dr. Tom Ranney, nursery and landscape plant breeder at Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center, recently received the …
Field Repair and Burndown: Tillage Effects on Weeds
Authored by: Charlie Cahoon and Wes Everman Most folks are trying to put the 2018 growing season behind them, especially …