• A Decision Tool to Compare the Profitability of Utilizing Poultry Litter or Commercial Fertilizer to Meet Soil Test Recommendations. Instructions for using the tool are here. (Added March 10).
• There are several exciting new NRCS cost-share opportunities available for no-till production now. Please click on the VANTAGE tab for more information (Added Feb 16)
• Proceedings from the 2010 VANTAGE Conference (Added Feb 11)
• Pesticide Safety for Invasive Species Management (Added Feb 2)
• 2010 Professional Crop Advisors Update Presentations (Added January 12)
• Teff Grass as a Warm Season Forage for Backgrounding Calves in Virginia (Added January 12)
• 2009 Corn Silage Hybrid Trials (Added January 6)
• 2010 Corn Herbicide Update (Added December 1)
• Updated presentation about Twin-Row Corn and Plant Population (Added November 19)
• YouTube Video about Aerial Seeding of Cover Crops, Part 1.
• "Tolerance of Teff to Several Selective Herbicides" (Added Sept. 28)
• "Tools to More Efficiently Manage In-Season Corn Nitrogen Needs" (Added Sept. 1)
• Check out our new posting: "Forage News" from Jon Repair. Look under the crop management tab for more information.
• August 2009 edition of "From The Ground Up" (Added August 17)
• "Tillage Radish as a Soil Conditioning Cover Crop" (Added August 14)
• "Fusarium Head Blight and Small Grain Seed Quality"
• "2009 Virginia Small Grain Variety Trials" (Added August 14)
• "2009 Summer Annual Variety Trial Yields" (Added August 14)
• YouTube Video on Teff Grass Growth and Development for a project in Middlebrook, VA
• "Making Replant Decisions for Slug Damaged Corn and Soybean Stands" (Added May 4, 2009)

Augusta County now has six weather monitoring stations located on farms around the county. Click Here to see recent and historical weather updates from around Augusta County.

These stations will primarily be updated during the growing season.

Planter/Drill Clinics - March 23 in Elkton and March 24 in Fort Defiance

No Till Weed Management - March 29 in Harrisonburg area and Luray