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Agronomy
Now that we’re in the thick of the 2024 growing season, it’s high time to address the efficiency of your tank mixes. One easy mistake to make is to focus on the stars of the show — the herbicides, insecticides, and fungicides — while overlooking the supporting cast that needs…
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Agronomy
The harvest season is a crucial time in agriculture when farmers reap the fruits of their labor and contribute to the world’s food supply. However, amid the excitement and productivity, it is essential to prioritize the safety of agricultural workers. The nature of harvest operations presents…
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Agronomy
For those not familiar with it, the incredibly innocuous name “plant bug” might illicit a chuckle on first hearing. “Aren’t all bugs plant bugs?” you may ask. But for fruit, vegetable, and row-crop farmers — cotton producers, in particular — plant bugs are no…
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Agronomy
The University of Tennessee recently published their emerging research that sheds light on the growing problem of acephate resistance in tobacco thrips in West TN. The study investigated thrips populations in cotton fields and found that certain populations displayed varying levels of resistance to…
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Company News
DECATUR, AL – GreenPoint Ag, a leading provider of agronomy and ag technology services in the southern U.S is pleased to announce several organizational changes within its Retail division, effective August 1st. These changes signify GreenPoint's growth and progression since its inception…
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Events
This afternoon GreenPoint Ag opened the 2023 Southern Agronomy Summit in Mobile, Alabama. Following the success of the inaugural event in 2022, the GreenPoint Ag Southern Agronomy Summit convenes leading agriculture industry experts and professionals in the field of agronomy sciences, agricultural technology…
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Company News
DECATUR, AL – GreenPoint Ag was recognized by DecisionWise as a 2022 Employee Engagement Top Performer Award winner. Based on the results of employee engagement surveys conducted in 2022, GreenPoint ranked in the top 10% of organizations employing 1,000 – 4,999 employees for achievement…
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Agronomy
Fall is an excellent time to control many troublesome perennial and/or winter annual weeds, such as: dandelion chickweed henbit purple deadnettle pennycress shepherd’s purse marestail Canada thistle white cockle prickly lettuce poison hemlock pokeweed various mustard species Fall herbicide…
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Ag Technology
While fertilizer prices have trended lower in recent months, they remain historically high and a cause for concern as growers close the books on the 2022 crop year. “Farmers are crunching their numbers, but they can’t forget that when they harvest a crop, they’re taking nutrients off…
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Agronomy
As harvest progresses, growers are beginning to think about variety selections for next season. Variety selection is a management decision that is critical to next season’s harvest. In all crops, yield potential is set when variety selection is made. Agronomic and pest management practices can…
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Ag Technology
As we get into the hot months of summer one thing is for sure, harvest is right around the corner and farmers are getting ready. In cotton country, that often looks like pulling the cotton pickers into the shop and going through general maintenance items such as replacing worn spindles and moisture…
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Agronomy
Crop scouting plays a vital role in producing a cost-effective , good-yielding crop. For many years , scouts have used random areas to check the health of crops , but with the use of drones and imagery , a more precise method can be used for scouting. Drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) come…
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