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Equipment corner: Side dressing liquid fertilizer on crops

While fertigation is a great way to give our crops an extra boost, we still have many crops grown that are not irrigated and could benefit from a midseason nutrient boost.  I am going to share the equipment I have put together to side dress nitrogen on pumpkins. It could also be adapted to...
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Flooding and food safety on farms

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration defines flooding as the flowing or overflowing of a field with water outside a grower’s control. This can result from an overflowing water body such as a river, lake, or a stream. Rainwater that pools in some parts of the field is not considered flooding. ...
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From St. Louis Metro East: Freestone peaches are here

Despite oppressive heat and humidity throughout the St Louis Metro East region, peach harvest continues with ongoing reports of good fruit size and quality. Harvest has moved out of the ‘Reliance’ window and into the ‘Red Haven’ window, to include cultivars like ‘PF-15A’, ‘Bounty’, ‘Newhaven’, and...
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