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The National Weather Service in Wakefield, VA, is organizing a workshop at the Tidewater AREC on March 17. They will provide agriculture-relevant information and invite anyone interested to...
View Article2016 Virginia Cotton Twilight Tour
The following invitation is being posted on behalf of Dr. Hunter Frame: There will be a twilight cotton tour at the Virginia Tech Tidewater AREC Research Farm (1045 Hare Rd., Suffolk, VA) on August 31,...
View Article2017 Mid-Atlantic Strawberry Programs
The following information is posted on behalf of Roy Flanagan, Virginia Cooperative Extension ANR Agent, Virginia Beach. The first attachment (a Word document) includes details on the Mid-Atlantic...
View ArticleReminder for the 2017 Mid-Atlantic Strawberry Programs in Virginia Beach
The following is being issued on behalf of Roy Flanagan, Virginia Cooperative Extension ANR Agent, Virginia Beach (meeting information and registration forms can be found on my January 30, 2017 blog)....
View ArticleScout now for marestail/horseweed
Recent mild temperatures and the mild winter are setting the stage for rapid development of marestail/horseweed (Conyza canadensis) this spring. Marestail was particularly troublesome last year in...
View ArticleEPA decision on chlorpyrifos
The head of the EPA, Scott Pruitt, signed an order last night denying the petition to ban chlorpyrifos (Lorsban). This decision will allow peanut growers in our area the continued use of this...
View ArticleWheat Disease Identification Guide
Copies of a Wheat Disease Identification Guide from Kansas State are now available and can be requested from Dr. Hillary Mehl at the Tidewater AREC (hlmehl@vt.edu). A PDF version of the guide can be...
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Wheat Disease Update – April 20, 2017
Wheat is beginning to flower throughout Virginia, so it is time to make decisions about fungicide applications for both Fusarium head blight (FHB, also known as scab) and to protect the flag leaf as...
View ArticlePeanut-Cotton Infonet Update
The Peanut-Cotton Infonet is up and running for the 2018 growing season. As in previous years, the website will provide: Maximum, minimum, and average air temperatures Average soil temperature at a 4...
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New Crop Disease Management Resources
Though it has been around for several years, the Crop Protection Network (CPN) has recently added several publications on disease management in corn, soybean, and small grains that are relevant to...
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