Seventh-generation farmer Reggie Strickland raises soybeans, corn, pigs, turkeys, pickling cucumbers, sweet potatoes and flue-cured tobacco near Mount Olive, North Carolina.
Ground Work 2022: Soybeans Deliver Excellent Yields in Drought-Stricken North Carolina
I started harvesting a beautiful crop of soybeans on October 27. Despite growing during the driest year I’ve experienced during my 35-year farming career, this…
Ground Work 2022: North Carolina Soybeans Maintain Yield Potential Despite Drought
2022 has continued to be the driest year I’ve seen in my 35 years of farming in my part of the U.S. Southeast. We received…
Ground Work 2022: North Carolina Summer Grows Resilient Soybeans, Livestock and Vegetables
So far, this has been the driest season I’ve experienced in my 35 years of farming in this area of the U.S. Southeast. We finally…
Ground Work 2022: North Carolina Livestock and Crops Growing
While I know that many areas of the U.S. are desperate for the rain to stop, in our area of the Southeast, we are desperate…
Ground Work 2022: Cool Temperatures Slow North Carolina Planting
April weather has been cooler than average in our area of the southeastern U.S., with temperatures dipping below 4°C, or 40°F, in the middle of…