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Slowly Disappearing Unique Turkey Variety

For this, the fourth of her series on raising turkeys, Cathy Isom tells you about the unique turkey variety that is slowly disappearing. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. White Hollands turkeys are a unique variety that is slowly disappearing and bred insufficiently to maintain the original standard of the variety. This is a large turkey, good for …

Grower Group Seeks Fungicide Strategy Refinements
The Minor Crop Farmer Alliance (MCFA) recently submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding EPA’s Draft Endangered Species Act Fungicide Strategy. The MCFA is a national coalition that represents growers, shippers and processors of specialty crops to advocate for science-based government pesticide and regulatory policies. The letter to EPA acknowledged improvements over previous […]
New Research Tool Could Speed Search for HLB Treatments
A new research platform may help scientists identify potential treatments for citrus greening disease faster, potentially speeding up the search for solutions. Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing (HLB), is caused by the bacterium Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (CLas). The disease disrupts the tree’s ability to transport nutrients, leading to symptoms such as blotchy leaves, small […]