Farming in the Great North Woods

For the History Buff

• James Brackett's 1858 Farming in Coös County Letter to New Hampshire State Agricultural Society
• Soil Survey, Coös County, NH 1937 - Status of Agriculture

 

Most Recent Statistics

• 5 year Census of Agirculture, 2007 County Profile

 

Seasonal Extension Perspectives Articles

• Signs of Spring

 

Seasonal Photo Vignettes

 

 

• Canada Geese are splendid waterfowl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• In a newly seeded cornfield they can be . . .

 

 

 

 

 

 

• A problem, clipped corn plants seem more common than pulled ones.

 

 

 

 

 

• Since the growing point of the corn is still underground at this seedling stage the plant will recover.

 

 

 

 

 

• My observation is that crows and other blackbirds cause a lot more damage, here is a field that had to be replanted a number of times after corn seedlings were pulled out of the ground.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Data: Damage to cornfields by birds is being collected by USDA during the 2011 Growing Season - New Hampshire growers of field and sweet corn are encouraged to report incidences of bird damage to corn plantings experienced during 2011.  Please see the attached bulletin for more details.

 

Related Publications

• Bird Damage Prevention for Northern New England Fruit Growers.

This publication is written by Alan Eaton, UNH Cooperative Extension Specialist, Integrated Pest Management.