April 23, 2026
Specialty Crop Assistance Framework Key Inclusion in House Version of Farm Bill
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April 23, 2026
NCAE CEO Discusses Interim Final Rule
April 22, 2026
Dry Weather Preferred: Alabama Tomato Grower Discusses Current Drought
April 22, 2026
Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Grower Collaboration Critical for Beneficial Research
April 22, 2026
USDA Deputy Secretary Discusses Specialty Crop Economic Aid
GDA’s Hurricane Helene Block Grant Applications Due April 27
Georgia’s specialty crop growers are reminded that the Georgia Department of Agriculture’s (GDA) Hurricane Helene Block Grant application period closes…
Cotton Jassid’s Current Absence in Fields Positive Development for Vegetable Farmers
By Clint Thompson The cotton jassid’s devastating impact on cotton last year has industry experts alert on when the insect…
Early-Season Peach Varieties in Doubt Following Freeze Event
By Clint Thompson Early-season peaches will be sporadic this year thanks to a late-season freeze event in mid-March. The quality…
Fusarium Wilt Observed In North Florida Watermelons
By Clint Thompson North Florida and South Georgia watermelon producers must be aware that fusarium wilt disease is showing up…
Blueberry Management Options for April
The University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has issued management strategies that blueberry growers should implement…
Drought Monitor Update: Worsening Conditions Across Southeast Region
Drought continues to wreak havoc in the Southeast region. In the April 16 release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, conditions…
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Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Working Toward Bamboo Profitability
By Kevin Barley As growers seek alternative crops, bamboo has been considered, especially on ground fallowed after citrus greening has…
$130 Million Drain: UF/IFAS Researcher Looks to Genetics to Rein in Wasteful Strawberry Runners
Strawberry growers pour roughly $130 million a year, nationally, into a surprisingly stubborn problem: a part of the plant that…
USDA Announces Specialty Crop Investment
(Lansing, MI) — U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the availability of more than $275 million in grant…
Alabama Extension Agent: It’s Been a Good Strawberry Season So Far
By Clint Thompson Count Alabama’s strawberry growers as one ag group benefiting from the current hot and dry weather conditions.…
Watermelons Flourish in Hot, Dry Conditions
By Clint Thompson An increase in temperatures throughout Georgia makes for challenging working conditions for farmers having to maintain crops…
Lab Diagnosis Needed to Identify Phytophthora in Southeast Strawberries
By Clint Thompson Neopestalotiopsis (Neo) disease in strawberries has garnered much of the headlines in recent years for Southeast producers.…
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Alabama
Apr. 22, 2026
Dry Weather Preferred: Alabama Tomato Grower Discusses Current Drought
Apr. 21, 2026
Early-Season Peach Varieties in Doubt Following Freeze Event
Apr. 21, 2026
Drought Monitor Update: Worsening Conditions Across Southeast Region
Apr. 16, 2026
Alabama Extension Agent: It’s Been a Good Strawberry Season So Far
Apr. 08, 2026
Alabama Extension Agent Discusses Strawberry Harvests in U-Pick Fields
Florida
Apr. 24, 2026
Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Florida Citrus Show a Day of Education, Enjoyment
Apr. 23, 2026
Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Florida Farm Family Seeks to Solve Sustainability Puzzle
Apr. 23, 2026
Specialty Crop Assistance Framework Key Inclusion in House Version of Farm Bill
Apr. 22, 2026
Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Grower Collaboration Critical for Beneficial Research
Apr. 21, 2026
Fusarium Wilt Observed In North Florida Watermelons
Georgia
Apr. 23, 2026
‘Golding’ Variety New Option for Pecan Producers
Apr. 22, 2026
GDA’s Hurricane Helene Block Grant Applications Due April 27
Apr. 22, 2026
Cotton Jassid’s Current Absence in Fields Positive Development for Vegetable Farmers
Apr. 21, 2026
Early-Season Peach Varieties in Doubt Following Freeze Event
Apr. 21, 2026
Drought Monitor Update: Worsening Conditions Across Southeast Region
South Carolina
Apr. 02, 2026
Updated Fungicide Recommendations to Manage Alternaria Leaf Spot on Brassicas
Mar. 18, 2026
How’s It Going? Clemson Extension Agents Provide Crop Updates
Feb. 26, 2026
Specialty Crop Grower Magazine: Building Tech Tools Growers Can Use
Feb. 19, 2026
Clemson Extension Agents Provide Crop Updates
Feb. 17, 2026