Beaver Dam Sunflower Festival celebrates 10th anniversary BUCHANAN, VA – Sometimes you have to take your mind off things – try something new because the old ways aren’t working. In 2015, Frank Preston Wickline III decided to plant 30 acres of sunflowers on his dairy farm in Botetourt County. Like ma...

A relatively new strawberry disease has made its way out of Florida and is spreading throughout the South and Northeast. “ Neopestalotiopsis is the name of the disease and the pathogen,” said Nicole Gauthier, Ph.D., Extension plant pathologist, University of Kentucky. “Most people call it Neopest. I...

Those with orchards know apple trees need a certain period of cold, known as winter dormancy, to grow and produce properly. However, exactly how cold the trees need it to be and for how long can vary by variety, and depends on their scions and rootstocks. Testing the cold hardiness of apple scions a...