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Tomato yellow leaf curl virus is threatening the South Georgia crop this season and much worse than in the past..

Farmers markets and vendors have greenhouse tomatoes, collards, carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, beans and much more.

Peach growers in California may soon have better tools for saving water.

Scientist Dong Wang is eval-uating whether infrared sensors and thermal technology can help growers descide when to water San Joaquin Valley peaches.

Honeybee colony losses increased in winter 2012-2013

Virus threatens Georgia crop

Make yellow, red Irish spuds

When preparing an Irish potatoes dish, cooks may want to use potatoes of a different color.

As potato season approaches, anyone can prepare this simple side using white, yellow and red potatoes.

New irrigation method studied

(Photo: Peggy Greb, USDA/

ARS)

By Bobbie Whitehead

Posted May 19, 2013

Days after a federal honeybee health report release, preliminary survey results of colony survival this past winter show nearly one-third of the managed hives died.

The Bee Informed Partnership, along with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Apiary Inspectors, released a brief analysis of its seventh honeybee colony losses survey.

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