Too many flowers on peach and apple trees are not necessarily a good thing. If all flowers that formed in spring were allowed to become fruit, the resulting crop may be large, but the fruit would be small and unmarketable. Larger fruit commands a higher market price. Fruit growers can spend lots of money to […] Read more
Stories by USDA Ag Research Service
Peas, sunflowers effective rotation crops: U.S. study
Dry peas are a “must” in the Northern Plains, according to researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Used in rotations, they have a positive effect on many subsequent crop yields and are efficient users of precipitation, regardless of how dry or wet the growing season is. Researchers in Mandan, North Dakota, found that certain […] Read more
