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Supreme Court Rules Against Florida in Water Fight
(NSF) — After years of legal battling, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously rejected a lawsuit in which Florida argued Georgia has used too much water in a river system shared by the states. The 12-page ruling dismissed the lawsuit that Florida filed in 2013 after the oyster fishery collapsed in Franklin County’s Apalachicola Bay. Florida contended that Georgia …
Best Management Practices for the Enlist Weed Control System
With spray season right around the corner Josh Wilson, Enlist field specialist with Corteva Agriscience, talks about the importance of field planning and the application of best management practices to achieve on-target application. Southeast AgNet’s Randall Weiseman asked Wilson about things growers should be aware of before spraying Enlist herbicides. Growers are invited to use the Enlist tools and training …
Spain’s Lemon Industry Aids Climate
Spain’s lemon industry “actively contributes to the fight against climate change by being a real carbon sink,” according to a recent report from the Lemon and Grapefruit Interprofessional Association (AILIMPO). A carbon sink accumulates and stores some carbon-containing chemical compounds and thereby lowers the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. Globally, the two most important carbon sinks are …
Alabama Cotton Acreage a Mystery
Just a few weeks before the start of cotton planting in Alabama and Extension cotton specialist Steve Brown is uncertain how acreage will look in 2021. So many factors remain in play. Has the wet weather delayed or prevented some corn acreage, which will lead to more cotton? Will the current up-and-down nature of cotton prices have an impact? “It’s …
Herb and House Plant Varieties to Grow Hydroponically
Some easy herb and house plant varieties to grow hydroponically. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. If you’d like to try the no-soil zero maintenance method of growing herbs and plants hydroponically, here are some easy varieties to start with. For herbs, choose Mint, Oregano, Basil, Rosemary, Lavender, and Sage. For growing houseplants hydroponically, try English Ivy, Philodendron, Coleus, …
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried: 30-Day FDACS Legislative Update
(FDACS) — This is the halfway mark of Florida’s 60-day annual legislative session. Below, Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services offer an update of the department’s priority legislation for the 2021 legislative session. “I’m proud of our common-sense, bipartisan legislative priorities this year, which include fighting child and family hunger, supporting Florida’s farmers, major climate and energy …
Fewer Acres of U.S. Peanuts Expected in 2021
USDA’s 2021 Planting Intentions Report indicates there will be two percent fewer acres going to peanuts this year than what we saw in 2020. Tyron Spearman has looked at those numbers, along with an update on other major row crops. According to the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), other key findings from the 2021 Prospective Plantings report for Alabama, Florida …
Planting Intentions Indicate Slightly Less Cotton in 2021
USDA released their 2021 Planting Intentions Report, and according to the numbers, there will be slightly fewer acres of cotton planted in the U.S. this year compared to 2020. Becky Sommer with NASS in Washington D.C. has the new figures. All cotton planted totaled 12.0 million acres, down less than 1 percent from the previous year. Cotton area planted in Georgia is forecast at …
USDA, Partners Unveil New Fire Mapping Tool
Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) unveiled the new Southeast FireMap, a fire mapping tool for the Southeastern U.S. that enables resource managers to improve their regional or local approaches to managing wildfire risk and fire management needs through targeted prescribed burns and training. Fire management helps improve forest ecosystem health, increases timber values, reduces the risk of wildfire damage …