Category: Southeast
Southeastern Farmer of the Year award goes to Arkansas greenhouse tomato grower
Southeastern Farmer of the Year award Sunbelt Ag Expo Arkansas greenhouse tomato grower Steve Cobb tomatoes
Florida Ag Hall of Fame inductees include Gene McAvoy
Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame Gene McAvoy UF Extension John Hoblick Florida Farm Bureau John Schlechter Southwest Florida Research and Education Center honors recognition
Florida seeks Farm Bill comments at listening sessions
Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson is leading two listening sessions to allow Florida growers and ranchers to give recommendations for the Farm Bill and related agricultural issues.
Georgia destroys bee predator hornet nest
yellow legged hornet invasive species honey honeybees pollination Georgia Department of Agriculture
Georgia counties declared Hurricane Idalia disaster areas
Hurricane Idalia damage federal disaster declaration Georgia
Georgia reports on Hurricane Idalia damage
Hurricane Idalia Georgia Georgia Department of Agriculture
Southeast growers evaluate Hurricane Idalia damage
Hurricane Idalia Georgia Florida storm damage
Head of Georgia Organics leaving
Georgia Organics organic local food Certified Naturally Grown
UF/IFAS AgrAbility project enhances ADA
University of Florida ADA UF/IFAS Americans with Disabilities Act ADA Extension
Immigration, farmworker groups sue Florida over SB 1718
SB 1718 Farmworker organizations lawsuit Florida anti-immigrant law
Florida watermelon growers benefit from UF disease, nutrient info
watermelon crop care disease management water nutrients University of Florida Extension Florida soil health
Postharvest research at UGA focuses on reducing waste
While the dilemma of how to feed a rapidly increasing population has focused primarily on how to increase yields through growing practices or improving the plant itself, a growing field of research focuses on reducing food waste.
Groups plan legal challenge to new Florida immigration law
A group of civil rights organizations plan to challenge Florida’s new immigration law that specialty crop growers say severely threatens their ability to hire a workforce.
USDA designates Georgia, Southeast counties disaster areas after March freeze
USDA natural disaster areas freeze peaches Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee
Widespread storm damage reported in Georgia
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association GFVGA storm damage UGA Extension disaster recovery
GFVGA comments on FDA salmonella report, recommendations
A recent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report on a summer 2022 outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak linked to cantaloupe illustrates the agency’s disconnect with its food safety mission, according to the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association.
FFVA convention registration opens
Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s
Vote set for North Carolina apple assessments
The North Carolina Apple Growers Association will be conducting a referendum for the assessment of apples sold to first purchasers in North Carolina this month.
Muscadine Time: Florida winegrape grower embraces technology
Mechanical harvesting helps Lakeridge Winery & Vineyards in central Florida remain efficient in the face of a hostile growing environment where torrential rains and hurricanes can threaten harvesting.
Georgia meeting scheduled for ag frost protection permits
frost protection groundwater withdrawal permits Georgia Environmental Protection Division Floridan Aquifer Flint River Basin