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Tag: watermelon
Florida: Controlled Release Fertilizers in Crop Production Dec 16, 2020
Why Controlled Release? Corn is an important crop for Florida’s agriculture industry, with 95,000 acres of grain and silage corn planted in 2019 (USDA NASS 2019). Producers, extension agents, and […]
Dicamba: Pesticide Agencies Overwhelmed; EPA Promises Action for 2018 Season – DTN Sep 21, 2017
State pesticide regulators and departments of agriculture are struggling to manage the workload of hundreds of 2017 dicamba injury investigations as well as looming decisions on how to restrict and […]
Dicamba and 2,4-D Sensitive Crops Fall into These 4 Categories – DTN Apr 6, 2017
The best way to avoid drift damage from newly labeled auxin herbicides this year is never to spray near crops that are sensitive to dicamba and 2,4-D — and that […]
EPA Moves to Pull Bayer, Nichino Insecticide Mar 1, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a notice of intent to cancel all Bayer CropScience, LP and Nichino America, Inc., flubendiamide products that pose a risk to aquatic […]
Oklahoma: Drought Continues to Spread – USDA Sep 14, 2015
Crop progress and conditions for the week ending Sept. 13, 2015. Drought continued to spread across Oklahoma, with nearly 13 percent of the state rated moderate to severe, up 4 […]
Oklahoma: Nearly a Quarter of the State in Drought – USDA Sep 8, 2015
Crop and progress conditions for the week ending September 8, 2015. Minimal rainfall was received for the week, with the Southeast district and the Panhandle recording less than two tenths […]
Oklahoma: Drough Gradually Increases – USDA Aug 24, 2015
According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 9.29 percent of the state was in the moderate to severe stage of drought and was limited mostly to the Southeast and South Central […]
Oklahoma: Cotton Planting Finished, Sorghum Pace Lagging – USDA Jul 20, 2015
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending July 19, 2015. Minimal rainfall was seen across the state last week, with the Panhandle and North Central districts averaging the highest […]
South Carolina: Question of the Week – Spoon and Tendril Jul 17, 2015
Last week the question was: How can you tell if this watermelon is ripe? At the tip of my lower index finger is a leaf known as the spoon. At […]
Oklahoma: Rains Ease Drought, Delay Planting – USDA Jun 8, 2015
Crop Progress and Condition for the Week Ending June 7, 2015. Although all districts did not record the same amounts of precipitation, the drought has made a quick turn around […]
