Petition to Revoke use of Thimet and Orthene in Peanuts

Petition to Revoke use of Thimet and Orthene in Peanuts

  Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). This is not a good situation....
Friday Feature:  The Weed Zapper Annihilator

Friday Feature: The Weed Zapper Annihilator

This week’s featured video highlights a relatively new technology being studied for weed control in late season crop weed escapes.  The Weed Zapper Annihilator uses a front mounted 3-point hitch bar to pass electricity through weeds above the crop canopy, with a...