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A Bit More Cotton in Georgia than Expected

When USDA released its 2017 planted acreage reports at the end of June, it showed area planted to cotton this year is estimated at 12.1 million acres, up 20 percent from last year. Cotton growers in Georgia planted an estimated 1.35 million acres, up 14 percent from last year. Georgia Cotton Commission Executive Director Richey Seaton said that is a …

The Search for Salt-Tolerant Citrus
Scientists with Tunisian and Swedish universities recently wrote “Salinity–Chloride Interaction Effects on Novel Citrus Combinations Under Various Field Conditions,” which was published in Horticulturae. The authors are Hend Askri, Sywar Haffani, Hager Snoussi, Rim Zitouna-Chebbi, Tarek Fezzani and Asma Najar — all with Université de Carthage in Tunisia — and Ronny Berndtsson with Lund University […]
High Costs Prohibit AI Adoption in Agriculture
Adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in agriculture is not a foregone conclusion. Despite the technology’s perceived effectiveness in making crop production more efficient, the associated costs are still too high for farmers. “Right now, a lot of these technologies come with huge price tags for just the cost of purchasing the equipment,” said Lynn Sosnoskie, […]