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North Carolina Field Reports: Early Week Rains Help Some, Hurt Others
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 16, 2019. County Extension Comments Dwayne Tate – Alleghany County Extension 5-7 inches fell in region at beginning of reporting week. […]
South Carolina Field Reports: Crops Rebound with Recent Rains
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 16, 2019. County Comments Mark Nettles, Orangeburg County Rain events revived corn and other crops. The rain came at the saving […]
Virginia Field Reports: Wheat Harvest Ramps Up
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 16, 2019. REPORTER COMMENTS BY COUNTY – Comments are based on remarks made by extension agents, farmers, commodity specialists, and other […]
North Carolina Field Report: Rains Alleviate Drought, Some Flood Concerns
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 9, 2019. Extension County Comments Cater Askew – Agronomist Region 1 Prior to rainfall starting around 6/1 the region was extremely […]
South Carolina Field Reports: Weekend Rains Aid Crops
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 9, 2019. County Comments Rusty Skipper, Horry County Horry County received much needed rain over the weekend. Probably too late for […]
Tennessee Field Reports: Rains Bring Needed Relief
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 9, 2019. County Agent Comments Jeff Via, Fayette County The farmers in Fayette County had a few days when they could […]
Virginia Field Reports: Persistent Rains Slow Field Work
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 9, 2019. REPORTER COMMENTS BY COUNTY – Comments are based on remarks made by extension agents, farmers, commodity specialists, and other […]
Tobacco: Growers Topping in Florida, Still Planting in Kentucky, Tennessee
Harvest just ahead: “It looks like we will begin harvesting in about two weeks,” says flue-cured grower Kenneth Dasher of Live Oak, Fl. “Some other farmers around here may start sooner.”
Georgia Tobacco: Dry Weather Helps Fight Black Shank Disease
While most Georgia crops are suffering from the recent lack of rainfall across the state, tobacco farmers have some reason to celebrate. Three consecutive weeks of dry weather in May […]
North Carolina Field Reports: Planting Continues in Hot, Dry Conditions
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 2, 2019. County Extension Comments Stanley Holloway – Yancey County Extension Another unseasonably warm and dry week. High temperatures were mainly […]
