Country Folks, Crop Comments
Crop Comments
Posted on February 4, 2026
My first contact with herbicide residue injuring field crops came in the 1970s, as an agronomy Extension agent. A farmer had me examine his alfalfa seeding that had a weird mortality pattern. He had planted corn two years earlier, fallowed the piece in question the next year, planting a legume seedi...
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by Sonja Heyck-Merlin Interactive 25 
August 1, 2026
Well-planned farm tours can be mutually beneficial for schoolchildren and the farms they visit. Students gain insight into where their food comes from...
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by Enrico Villamaino Preventing 19 
August 1, 2026
Poinsettias may be the poster plant of the holiday season, but behind those brilliant bracts lies a production process packed with potential pitfalls....
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by Laura Rodley 
August 1, 2026
Location is everything. Greenwood Tree Farm is just 25 miles from Boston. Families return every year as a Christmas tradition to choose and cut their ...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
August 1, 2026
At the most recent Great Lakes Expo , a team comprised of Hannah Cushman, Alex Engelsma, Alaina Cavin, Rebecca Grumet, Randolph Beaudry, Ning Jiang an...