by external | Feb 23, 2024
The 2024 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop Handbook is now available. The handbook represents a joint effort among extension specialists and researchers from 12 land-grant universities in the U.S., who work in the area of vegetable production. These specialists...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 16, 2023
This week’s featured video was published by the Farm Monitor, Georgia Farm Bureau’s TV show shared weekly on various stations in the state. This video highlights sweet corn harvest at Rentz Family Farms, near Bainbridge, Georgia. According to Kevin...
by Doug Mayo | Feb 24, 2023
This week’s featured video shares an innovation for crop irrigation. Rain 360 is an autonomous (self-driving) irrigation unit that can apply up to 1/2″ of water per week in a 160-acre field, 3/4″ per week in a 100-acre field, or 1″ per week in...
by Matt Lollar | May 18, 2018
Supplemental water is necessary for good crop yields in fruit and vegetable production. Water quality is equally as important as water quantity when it comes to fruit and vegetable production. Unfortunately, water can transport harmful microorganisms from adjacent...
by Josh Freeman | Aug 26, 2016
The recently updated Vegetable Production Handbook of Florida (VPH) is the go-to-source of information on vegetable production. So you need to know how to control leafminers in sweet potato? It is in there! Maybe you have a problem with Cercospora leaf spot in okra?...
by Josh Freeman | Apr 22, 2016
It happens every year, usually the second week of May, but this year it looks like it may be next week. We are strolling right along, crops are moving beautifully, weather is nearly perfect, and then it happens. Summer shows up. And it often seems to do so very...