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Yellow Jackets on the Farm or Garden

Dan August 2, 2017 This Land of Ours

Cathy Isom has some tips about how to keep the peace in the garden and on the farm with an important insect that often gets a bad wrap. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Yellow jackets, or wasps, are not exactly the friendliest of critters and could sting if you’re not careful. Unfortunately, they like to …

U.S. House Chairs Ask for H-2A Effectiveness Evaluation
Two U.S. House of Representatives committee chairs recently sent a letter to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) asking it to evaluate the effectiveness of the H-2A visa program. The letter was sent by Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx of North Carolina and Agriculture Committee Chairman Glenn Thompson of Pennsylvania. The H-2A visa […]
Improved Method for Evaluation of Canopy Density
The American Society for Horticultural Science (ASHS) journal HortScience recently published an article that describes a simple, low-cost method for accurate canopy evaluation of citrus. The authors are Taylor Livingston, Amit Levy and Tripti Vashisth of the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Citrus Research and Education Center. A summary of the […]

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