Principles of Feeding a Healthy Horse
Feeding programs may vary considerably among South Carolina horse owners, but nutrition fundamentals should remain the same. The base for all horse diets should be quality forage with more...
Category: Agriculture
Corn Earworm as a Pest of Field Corn
Corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, is the most common aboveground pest of corn in the southeastern United States.1 It is also a significant pest of many other cultivated crops in the Southeast,...
Reconditioning and Disposition of Aflatoxin-Contaminated Peanut: A Guide for US Peanut Producers
Various biotic and abiotic stresses pose a threat to peanut production. Among these stresses, the soilborne fungi Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus contaminate peanut seeds with aflatoxins...
Ponds in South Carolina
Four types of ponds are common in South Carolina; these include aquaculture, irrigation, recreational, and stormwater ponds. Pond type influences the practices used to manage water quality, water...
10 Tips for Farm Social Media
This guide is intended for those who have existing social media accounts for their farm operations but would like to make their content more effective. It is not a ‘how-to’ guide, but concepts to...
Biology and Management of Bermudagrass Mite
This publication describes bermudagrass mite biology, identification, and available control options in turfgrass. Golf course superintendents, sports field managers, sod farmers, other turfgrass and...
Biological Control Strategies in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Programs
Consumers are becoming more concerned about pesticide usage on ornamental plants and turfgrass in and around their homes and on the fruits and vegetables they eat. Not only are the negative health...
Nitrogen and Irrigation Management for Sorghum in South Carolina
Sorghum is a drought-tolerant crop suitable for growing in South Carolina. Although it can survive well under adverse conditions, nitrogen (N) insufficiency and water stress can reduce sorghum grain...
Granville Wilt of Flue-Cured Tobacco
Granville wilt (bacterial wilt) is the most destructive, yield-limiting soil-borne disease of flue-cured tobacco in South Carolina.1 The first confirmed report of this disease in the United States...
Headworms as Pests of Grain Sorghum
Several species of lepidopteran larvae can infest and cause injury to sorghum grain heads. These include corn earworm, Helicoverpa zea, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, and sorghum webworm,...
Soybean Tissue Sampling
Introduction One of the most critical factors in growing a successful soybean crop is the nutrient status during the life cycle. Tissue sampling is a tool to diagnose suspected plant nutritional...
Herbicide Options for Benghal Dayflower Control in Field Crops
Invasive weeds are troublesome in agronomic cropping systems and nearby non-crop environments. Benghal dayflower (Commelina benghalensis L.), also known as tropical spiderwort, was first detected in...
Best Management Practices for Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in Cotton
Thrips (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) are the most consistent and predictable insect pests of Upland cotton, Gossypium hirsutum L., in South Carolina and much of the southeastern United States. These...
Water Withdrawal Regulations Every Agricultural User in South Carolina Should Know
South Carolina has important regulations to protect and conserve its water resources. This article should provide producers with a better understanding of state water quantity regulations that...
Integrating Cover Crops for Agroecosystem Services
Introduction Cover crops are used in US agriculture1 to improve soil conditions for a subsequent cash crop as an alternative to synthetic amendments.2 Cover crops are primarily planted between cash...