by wtroxell | Apr 29, 2017 | News
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today joined President Trump for a “Farmers Roundtable” at the White House to address issues facing the American agriculture community, as the president signed an Executive Order establishing an Interagency Task Force on...
by wtroxell | Apr 29, 2017 | News
The USDA has designated 14 counties in Pennsylvania, including several in western Pennsylvania, as natural disaster areas with assistance to farmers in Ohio and West Virginia. Hollis Baker, Farm Service Agency’s acting state executive director in Pennsylvania,...
by wtroxell | Apr 29, 2017 | News
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced new data indicating the organic industry continues to grow domestically and globally, with 24,650 certified organic operations in the United States, and 37,032 around the world. The 2016 count of U.S. certified...
by wtroxell | Apr 29, 2017 | Vegetables
Allium leafminer has landed…on our traps. The week of April 17 to April 23 we found adult allium leafminers indicating that the populations are increasing. We expect populations to continue to increase, reaching peak populations in the beginning of May, so control...
by wtroxell | Apr 29, 2017 | Potato
The following should be considered when developing a fertilizer program for potato production. pH pH is an important factor in any fertilizer program and in controlling common scab. As pH increases to near 6.0 plant nutrients also increase and toxic elements become...
