Growth Spurts

Projected crop budgets show a potential for increased profit using fall-seeded peas and lentils for spring grazing and as a nitrogen source for a subsequent wheat crop, according to researchers with the Montana Agricultural Experiment Station and Montana State University Extension Service.
Legumes, like peas and lentils, take nitrogen from the air and accumulate it in [...]

A new peanut variety (dubbed Tifguard) developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists may help farmers in their battle against two key peanut problems — the peanut root-knot nematode and the tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV).
While certain peanut varieties exhibit resistance to either the peanut root-knot nematode or the TSWV pathogen, Tifguard is the first [...]