Orchard Crops

Fungicide use increases on Southern farms

Wed, 22 May 2013 13:22:00 +0000

Sunbelt Expo Field Day will highlight research

Southern farmers are seeing more and more how well-timed fungicide applications can help protect their crops and produce higher yields.

House passes $940 billion farm bill out of committee

Thu, 16 May 2013 15:00:00 +0000

Nutrition programs and dairy policy face major debate

Late Wednesday night, the House Agriculture Committee passed its version of the farm bill on a 36 to 10 vote.

As rains, frosts ushered in May, year past racked up heat records

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:00 +0000

As spring weather turns Mid-South planting plans topsy-turvy, 2012 drought and heat set records

Farm Press Blog

House farm bill draft released

Sat, 11 May 2013 16:43:00 +0000

Legislation mark-up scheduled for Wednesday morning

Prior to Wednesday's mark-up, the House Agriculture Committee has released a draft of a new farm bill.

It’s May. It’s Arkansas. It’s snowing.

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:14:00 +0000

Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Arkansas sees early May snow for first time.

Freeze not expected in Arkansas row crop country

Fri, 03 May 2013 18:09:00 +0000

Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

Cold weather hampering planting, emerging crops in Arkansas.

Cotton and skin. Neonics and politics. Biotech lies. Plus 7 more stories of interest.

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:23:00 +0000

Neonics and politics. Biotech lies. Cotton and skin. Passing the baton. Ag’s ultimate challenge. Bees run the world. Those stories and more to start your day.

Mississippi Master Gardener conference set for May

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:28:00 +0000

Susan Collins-Smith, Mississippi State University

Conference open to public

Horticulture enthusiasts can attend educational presentations, workshops and tours during the Mississippi Master Gardener State Conference May 14-16.

Cold spring makes a late strawberry crop

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 08:00:00 +0000

Keri Collins Lewis, Mississippi State University

Growing strawberries in the South is especially challenging because of its variable weather, like that seen this spring.

Some peaches survive cold, 2013 shaping up as ‘more normal’

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:50:00 +0000

Mary Hightower, University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture

At the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture’s Fruit Research Station in Clarksville, peaches began blooming the week of March 18 and the plums before that.