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Weekly Field Update – 11/2/20
Coastal Rob Last reports, “Strawberry planting is mostly complete in the area. Plants received from nurseries have been very good this year and establishment is progressing well. In fall vegetable crops Southern army worms continue to be present and numerous. Whiteflies in fall vegetables are beginning to reduce. Disease pressure remains relatively low.” Zack Snipes…
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Field Update – 7/6/20
Coastal Zack Snipes reports, “It was a warm week with some sprinkled in showers along the coast. All crops are coming in right now with heavy watermelon volume. What’s left of the tomato crop is ripening fast. As far as pests go, I have seen a good amount of bacterial leaf spot in pepper, squash…
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Field Update – 4/6/20
At this point, only a few cities (Columbia, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach) have issued shelter-in-place orders. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Hugh Weathers, has drafted a Notice of Essential Food and Agriculture Employee form that farms in these areas may fill out for each employee certifying them as an essential employee. They should keep this letter with…
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Field Update – 3/9/20
Coastal Zack Snipes reports, “Finally we have a break from the rain! I lost count of how many inches of rain we had. In fields with clean ditches and water furrows, water drained off pretty quickly, however, some fields suffered from all the rain. If your fields are wet, try to stay out of them…
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Field Update – 2/10/20
Midlands Justin Ballew reports, “We had warm weather the first part of last week. Heavy rain came through Wednesday evening and again Thursday afternoon. Strawberries are continuing to push out lots of new blooms a little earlier than we would like and lots of folks are wanting to start saving them. According to the forecast,…
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