THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, August 29, 1996 TAG: 9608280160
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 20 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: 29 lines
Farmers from across North Carolina and Virginia last week converged on the Tidewater Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Suffolk to take a look at the newest innovations in agricultural machinery and to look at methods being tested at the center to grow crops more productively and economically, less susceptible to disease.
Scientists at the center are involved in experiments to control the growth of cotton, a tropical plant that in its native habitat can grow as tall as a tree. With today's fertilization standards, the growth of cotton in Virginia must be managed.
The research center, holding its 24th annual field day, also showed off peanut fields where cornmeal is being used to combat Sclerotinia blight, a fungus hitting local fields this year because of heavy rains. ILLUSTRATION: Staff photo by JOHN H. SHEALLY II
C. Scott Stoddard of Norfolk studies a brochure that explains the
workings of the eight-row, Amadas-built Magnum Force peanut
harvester on display at the Tidewater Agricultural Research and
Extension Center in Suffolk.
Vernon Lowe, left, listens as Rich Sims discusses a fertilizer
machine. by CNB