News Archive: Crops
2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference set for Jan. 7-8
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Nov. 28, 2018
Fruit and vegetable producers will find much information to help their enterprises at the 2019 Kentucky Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Lexington.
Alley to deliver UK S.H. Phillips No-till Lecture
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Nov. 8, 2018
Alley, a professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, has made signficant contributions to no-till research.
Fragipan Field Day shows research breakthrough to farmers
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 10, 2018
Farmers got an upclose look at a UK research breakthrough that should increase their yields.
Grain markets favor storage; alternative structures likely option
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Oct. 1, 2018
Kentucky producers will likely store grain this fall to improve their marketing opportunities.
Profitability focus of Kentucky Grazing Conference
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Sep. 28, 2018
The conference is Oct. 30 in Christian County and Nov. 1 in Clark County.
Wheat, double-crop soybeans look profitable in 2019
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Sep. 19, 2018
This marketing scenario is a different one than producers have faced in the past few years.
First test plot of malaria-fighting plant a success at UK farm
By
Jeff Franklin
Published on Sep. 11, 2018
The malaria fighting plant is being grown for the first time at UK's Spindletop Farm.
Innovative research could result in a billion more being fed
By
Carol Lea Spence
Published on Sep. 6, 2018
An interdisciplinary research group at the University of Kentucky, Clemson University, and the University of Idaho is examining ways to overcome a major barrier in improving grain yields.
UK’s Fragipan Field Day to highlight research breakthrough
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Sep. 5, 2018
UK soil scientists will presented their significant research breakthrough Oct. 3 at the UK Research Farm in Princeton.
UK researchers make important finding in plant disease resistance
By
Katie Pratt
Published on Sep. 4, 2018
This finding brings UK plant pathologists one step closer to fully understanding the pathway that allows plants to fend off secondary infections.