Robeson County is home to a diverse agricultural landscape, including row crops such as corn, soybeans, cotton, tobacco and small grains. The Extension field crops agent will serve as a trusted ...

Agrivoltaics defines land used simultaneously for agriculture and solar photovoltaic power generation, thus allowing landowners to cultivate crops and produce clean energy simultaneously. However, the ...

The unpredictability of the weather from one year to the next might be the only thing you can predict in crop production. At times, you pray for rain, and at others, you hope it will stop. Excessive ...

Planning for 2025 means planning for uncertainty. At some point during the season, your farm will face too much water, or too little, high wind, heat, cold and everything in between. While not every ...

Coastal cropland across Delmarva is facing a growing challenge — saltwater intrusion and inundation (SWI). Tidal flooding and storm surges are pushing salty water onto field edges (inundation), while ...

For specialty crop farmers, 2025 has offered little relief from mounting financial pressures. Markets that once promised stable margins are now defined by volatility, with production expenses ...

CHICO — The annual Butte County Crop Report shows 2023 took a bit of a dip in overall crop production value compared to 2022. The main culprit appears to be rice, which dropped considerably in value ...