Presents data on Virginia-type peanut cultivars and on new breeding lines of these cultivars. Compares quality of kernels and pods of peanut varieties grown at test plots.

Notes basic information about hemp plants and about differences between marijuana and hemp.

Discusses the effects of managing manure nutrient plans for phosphorus rather than nitrogen.

Discusses the use and benefits of soil injectors to get manure below soil surface in no-till crop fields.

Offers advice on inorganic fertilizers, types to use, when to apply, and methods of application in relation to the soil types of crop fields.

Presents and discusses the results of performance trials from commercial corn hybrids produced at four sites in Virginia for 2017. Two and three year average performance data are provided, when available.

Discusses crop performance for soybean varieties in Virginia, including data about the cropping system, soil type, planting date, tillage system, herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other factors.

Discusses the importance of soil testing for nitrogen and describes nitrogen behavior in soil. Also discusses the importance of an adequate supply of plant-available nitrogen for efficient corn production.

Describes three species of slugs, their life cycles, habitats, damage to field corn, and methods of control.

Discusses methods for curing peanuts.