WASHINGTON — USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released the results of the 2021 Hemp Acreage and Production Survey in its National Hemp Report. The survey collected data for hemp grown in the open and hemp under protection. Planted area for industrial hemp grown in the open for all utilizations in the United States totaled 54,152 acres. Area […]

LANSING — The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) is mailing renewal applications to currently licensed hemp processor-handlers. As a reminder, current hemp processor-handler licenses expire at midnight on November 30, 2021. The new license cycle runs December 1, 2021, to November 30, 2022. Applicants must be 18 or older and do not need to […]

RALEIGH, N.C. — NC State Soil Fertility Specialist Luke Gatiboni recently took over one of the longest-running fertility research projects in America: a humble but important project that has guided North Carolina farmers’ fertilizer applications for nearly 60 years. For most of those years, this longtime study used traditional research technologies and methods to define […]

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Invasive insects have captured a lot of attention lately, which is good as it encourages people to be to be on the lookout for these new pests. However, we also can get many reports based on misidentifications of insects that are already found in Kentucky. For most of these invasive pests, we […]