What’s Driving Greenhouse Innovation?
Kristen Hampshire | 5/15/2019 | Greenhouse Grower Labor is a pain—and the pool of potential agricultural workers is thinning faster …
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When Did GMO Become a Dirty Word?
Stacey Stearns – University of Connecticut Extension | 5/14/2019 | Via Morning AgClips Do you know someone with diabetes? While …
Federal Funds Available for Organic Certification
USDA Farm Services Agency | 5/6/2019 | Via Morning AgClips WASHINGTON, D.C. — USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) announced that …
Grape Pest Survey - 3rd Week of April Through 1st Week of May
We have establishing grape pest monitoring locations and completed our first weeks of pest counts at three of our …
2019 Grape Insect Pest Survey
This spring, the Specialty Crop IPM Lab is scouting vineyards in throughout North Carolina in order to track the …
Cottony Maple Leaf Scales Producing Eggs
Cottony Maple Leaf Scale is one of several cottony scales in the genus Pulvinaria. Cottony camellia scale and cottony maple scale are …
Southern Red Mites Active on Ornamentals
In North Carolina, the most important cool season mites are the spruce spider mite (Oligonychus ununguis) and southern red …
Watch for Predators That Look Like Pests
Yesterday on campus willow oak trees I found lots of insects that looked like mealybugs. But they were faster …
IPM Tips for Japanese Beetles in Soy and Corn
Andrew Porterfield | 4/29/2019 | EntomologyToday Since its accidental arrival in New Jersey in 1916, the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica) …
Is an ‘Insect Apocalypse’ Happening? How Would We Know?
Brian Lovett at University of Maryland | 4/29/2019 | Via TheConversation.com Insects scuttle, chew and fly through the world around …
Introducing Beescape: A New Online Tool and Community to Support Bees
Amy Duke | 4/1/2019 | Penn State University A new online tool and community, called Beescape, enables beekeepers, or anyone interested …
Mixing Grass Varieties May Reduce Insect Infestations in Lawns
Entomological Society of America | 4/22/2019 | Via ScienceDaily A simple change in the choice of grass varieties for many …
For 2019 Thrips in Peanut, Stick With What Has Worked
Mark Abney | 4/20/2019 | Southeast FarmPress Every spring I post an article on this blog about early season thrips …
The Buzz About Bumble Bees Isn't Good
Wood et al. at Michigan State University | 4/23/2019 | Via ScienceDaily While many scientists are focused on the decline …
Give Your Garden Seedlings Some Tough Love
Lee Reich Associated Press | 10/23/2019 | Via Morning AgClips Seedlings raised on windowsills or in greenhouses have been coddled …
Wildflowers: Robust, Hardy, Pollinator-Friendly
Dean Fosdick with Associated Press | 4/16/2019 | Via Morning AgClips WASHINGTON — Gardeners trying to lure pollinators to their …
U.S. Cover Crop Acreage Surged 50% in 5 Years
Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program | 4/16/2019 | Via MorningAgClips WASHINGTON — The adoption of cover crops as a …
Empty Pesticide Jug Recycling
The first upcoming jug recycling day will be Thursday, April 18, 2019, from 1–3 p.m. Due to the large number …
Pesticide Collection Day
North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, in cooperation with N.C. Cooperative Extension of Davie and Yadkin Counties …
Renewal of Section 18 Label for Use of Mertect (Thiabendazole) in Sweetpotato Postharvest for Black Rot Control in Domestic Markets Has Been Approved
The specific exemption section 18 label obtained in 2016 for using Mertect (thiabendazole) for control of black rot (caused …
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