Virginia Carolina Ag. Service

03/24/2023

Happy Ag week. Start them young and teach them well

08/03/2022

Dry weather didn’t get it all

07/14/2017

Hot, dry conditions are taking a toll in places on cotton plants that failed to develop adequate root systems during weeks of wet weather. Plants are drooping and in some cases the roots cannot reach fertilizer.

06/28/2017

Heavy rainfall years will require a change in cotton PGR strategies, especially for dryland cotton producers. No matter the strategy, it is critical to get the first application out early.

04/29/2017

Local farmers are still holding out hope that 2017 will be the year industrial h**p grows in WNC fields for the first time in decades. But the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration isn't making it easy for growers to source seed or seedlings in time for planting, which may mean another year of waitin...

04/05/2017

03/12/2017

There may be more peanut and cotton acreage planted in the V-C region this year than in 2016; and growers may wonder what crop to start planting first and which one last. These are legitimate conce…

03/05/2017

This week, stripe rust was found in Robeson County, NC. The disease was observed in wheat variety SS 8404 which is susceptible to stripe rust. Current weather conditions (cool, wet) are generally f…

03/05/2017

hillip McKibben believes that the cheapest way to control Roundup-resistant Palmer pigweed is to never let it get established. Over the last 5 years, this north Mississippi crop consultant has gone to great lengths to do just that. Along the way, he has learned a good deal about how to spot problems...

02/25/2017

The Virginia state wide cotton meeting yesterday sponsored by the Virginia Cotton Growers Association was well attended and the program was well worth the total investment of a full day. It’s…

02/22/2017

Alabama corn champions Henderson Farms in Madison, just below Huntsville, topped the National Corn Growers Association state contest in both the irrigated (305.7 bushels per acre) and the non-irrig…