Vegetable Production Update- October 12, 2018
From Dr. Amanda Strayer-Scherer (Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Plant Pathology, Tomatoes) and Inga Meadows (NC State Extension Associate, Plant Pathology …
Are You Hand Weeding Frequently Enough?
Want to reduce your labor costs for hand weeding container nurseries? The simple (but hard answer) is to hand …
Controlled-Environment Farming Advancing With Improved Technologies
John Hart | 10/5/2018 | Southeast FarmPress Thanks to advances in LED (Light Emitting Diodes) lighting, producing crops indoors is …
Colorant Use on Turfgrasses - Green Grass All Year Round
Dr. Grady Miller at NC State University has developed a guide to using turf colorants. The publication offers strategies …
Management of the Guava Root Knot Nematode in Sweet Potatoes
Lina Quesada-Ocampo | NC State University | 10/12/2018 In recent years, some North Carolina sweet potato growers have found Meloidogyne …
Impact of Guava Root Knot Nematode Internal Quarantine on Tobacco and Field Crops in NC
Lindsay Thiessen | NC State | 10/12/2018 Meloidogyne enterolobii Internal Quarantine from NCDA On Friday, October 5, 2018, the N.C. Department of …
A Quarter of North Carolina’s Cotton Crop Is Lost
John Hart | 10/2/2018 | Southeast FarmPress Southeastern North Carolina took a direct punch from Hurricane Florence, and that’s where …
Flexible Fertilizer Regs Could Reduce Pollution
PRINCETON, N.J. — As the global population continues to increase, so will food production. This means increased use of …
NC State University Offers Hemp Course
Emily Febles | 10/15/2018 RALEIGH, N.C.–North Carolina State University will offer its first industrial hemp course in May 2019. The …
Pasture Management Session at NC Annual Ext. Conference
RALEIGH, N.C. | NC State Extension | October 15, 2018 N.C. Cooperative Extension Conference 2018 Concurrent Session: Pasture Management: Weeds, …
Technology Helps Transform NC State Agricultural Tests
October 10, 2018 | Dee Shore Changes are underway with NC State Extension’s Official Variety Testing Program – changes designed …
Management of the Guava Root Knot Nematode in Sweetpotatoes
In recent years, some North Carolina sweetpotato growers have found Meloidogyne enterolobii, also known as the guava root knot …
New European Corn Borer Publication Available
A new publication is now available to update a 1996 version concerning the European corn borer, a major pest …
2018 Regional Insecticide Efficacy Survey Now Available - Cotton, Corn, Soy
Each year the Cotton Belt entomologists are polled concerning insecticide efficacy. You can find these by going to the …
‘Explosively Breeding’ Frogs Are Literally Dropping From Above in NC, Experts Say
Mark Price | Charlotte Observer | 10/8/2018 A population explosion of tens of thousands of frogs and toads has emerged …
New Design for USDA Soil Tools Webpage
USDA | 10/7/2018 WASHINGTON — USDA has re-designed its Soil Tools webpage, to now serve as a one-stop source for new, leading-edge tools …
Internal Quarantine of Guava Knot Nematode for NC
Phil Wilson | NCDA&CS | 10/7/2018 RALEIGH, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has established an interior quarantine …
Handling and Cleaning Up Damaged Pesticide Containers at Home
Michael Waldvogel & Sarah Kirby | NC State University | 9/16/2018 Pesticides should always be stored off of the ground …
Postemergence Grass Control in Landscapes and Nurseries
Joe Neal | NC State University | 9/21/2018 Annual and perennial grasses can be selectively controlled in most broadleaf crops …
New Sweet Potato Publications
Lina Quesada-Ocampo & Madison Stahr | Entomology & Plant Pathology There are two new sweet potato factsheets available discussing the identification …