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The 2023 annual field day at Iowa State University’s McNay Memorial Research and Demonstration Farm will be held Aug. 23

British Columbia cherry pollination shortened due to hot weather

This week: Drought pressure is still causing crops to lag slightly behind average pace, though recent rains have provided relief to some areas. We also have a report on the recent waiver of certain fertilizer tariffs and info on the impact of the LINK-SNAP program on farmers markets. Keep reading for these and more kernels

Across the U.S., the dry is getting drier and the moist is getting more wet according to the latest USDA Topsoil Moisture ratings.

Finally today read the Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, I did not realize how HOT it was!

Finally today read the Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca, I did not realize how HOT it was!

Weekly Weather and Crop Update From SROC Jerry Groskreutz using his 4430 and sprayer to stay ahead of the weeds . Jerry Groskreutz/Townsquare Media The Weekly Weather and Crop Update from the Southern Research and Outreach Center at Waseca (SROC) showed this was the seventh week in a row drier than normal. Tom Hoverstad who is a Scientist at SROC keeps track of the data from their official weather station. I guess I did not need to see the official records to know it was dry again this week. Ra...

May 6, 2021 California Imperial Valley: Chris Woo with Owyhee Produce in Nyssa, OR, and Parma, ID, said on May 5 his company had recently finished out its 2020-21 shipping season from the Treasure Valley. “We just got done with shipping in Idaho/Oregon cold storage onion crop for the year and have moved our customer base to new crop from California,” he said. “Quality is good, and we’re shopping all colors through the month of May.” And in recognition of the day’s festi...