Conservation

Wrangler plans to use 40,000 pounds of the Newbys’ cotton to make a special collection of denim jeans to be sold in 2018.

Do you generously apply water to early cotton or do you ease up on irrigation a bit to condition the plant to handle potential drought stress later in the season?

The number of honey bee colonies lost last year is down from the previous year and shows an improvement over the ten-year average.

A group says it’s time to harness data from farms and agricultural scientists across North Carolina to solve production problems on a bigger scale.

Defining the word ‘sustainability’ is much like defining ‘happiness.’ The meaning depends on whom you ask and maybe when you ask them. For peanuts, however you define the word, the story starts in a field on a farm.

Scientists from North Carolina State University are joining with others across the country to promote soil health by developing and helping farmers adopt new cover crops.

The word ‘sustainable’ means various things to different people. But for peanuts, the sustainability story starts on the farm.