Irrigation Not Helping Some Crops

Randall Weiseman July 26, 2006 Cotton, Field Crops, Georgia

Irrigation is getting to be a costly way to try and save some crops like corn and cotton in Georgia’s dry summer this year. Report (:58 wma)

Water Crisis Impacting Texas Citrus
“The last five years in Texas has kind of been the perfect storm,” said Dale Murden, a citrus grower in the state’s Lower Rio Grande Valley. First came Hurricane Hannah in 2020; it knocked fruit to the ground before harvest. A year later, Winter Storm Uri devastated the region, freezing thousands of citrus trees. Now, […]
Planting Layout Reduces HLB-Spreading Psyllids
A Brazilian study has shown that planting citrus plots parallel to the property boundary reduced HLB-spreading psyllids 12% to 23% compared to plots planted perpendicular to the property boundary. Fundecitrus conducted the study. The São Paulo Research Foundation co-financed it in partnership with Embrapa. Another study conclusion is related to the impact of planting density […]

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