Source: Rhonda Garrison, SOUTHERN FARM NETWORK, 2/8/17

The weather issues of late 2016 created soil issues in just about every part of the state, and North Carolina Department of Agriculture regional agronomist Don Nicholson is encouraging everyone that intends to plant in 2017 to get soil samples done, preferably prior to planting: “At this time, it’s not just flooded fields it’s also the tremendous amount of rain we got… where I live, a lot of sandy soils, a lot of water moving through the system, it affected how..."

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