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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Georgia”
By Clint Thompson For the second straight year, a major hurricane has devastated Georgia’s pecan crop. South Georgia pecan farmer Buck Paulk has felt the brunt of that devastation for the second year in a row. Paulk, one of the state’s largest pecan producers with 4,100 acres, is located in Ray City, Georgia. It was on the east side of …
Regular scouting for Asian citrus psyllids and citrus greening disease is critical for Georgia’s citrus industry to remain healthy. That advice applies to both commercial growers and homeowners, Jonathan Oliver, University of Georgia (UGA) assistant professor and small fruits pathologist, said during the recent Citrus Grower’s Summer Update meeting in Valdosta. Oliver encouraged all growers to scout for the disease …
By Clint Thompson Count Georgia’s Vidalia onions as another crop impacted by Hurricane Helene’s trek through the Southeast on Sept. 26 and 27. Chris Tyson, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension area onion agent, discussed the storm’s impact on seedbeds that were either just planted or about to be. “We start planting seedbeds in early September, and we had some seedbeds …
By Clint Thompson Hurricane Helene’s trek through the Southeast on Sept. 26 and 27 brought excessive rains to Georgia, wiping out most of the dry conditions present in the state, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Georgia mostly has sufficient moisture, except for abnormally dry conditions in Northwest Georgia, in parts or all of Chattooga, Walker, Dade, Catoosa, Whitfield, Murray …
Peach producers now have two new cultivars to consider as part of their farming operations. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) stone fruit program in Byron, Georgia announced it has released two new early season peach cultivars named ‘May Joy’ and ‘Cardinal Joy.’ May Joy requires at least 650 chill hours and produces yellow-fleshed, clingstone fruit …
By Clint Thompson A recent meeting with members of Georgia’s legislative delegation allowed the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association an opportunity to convey its continued insistence that a farm bill be passed sooner rather than later. Chris Butts, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA), discussed the meeting’s importance and why growers need a farm …
By Clint Thompson Some Southeast strawberry producers are not prone to applying fungicides during the fall after planting. That is likely to change with the high potential for Neopestalotiopsis, according to Phil Brannen, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension fruit disease specialist. “Generally, we have not sprayed very much in the fall at all. But now it’s starting to be one …
Tifton, Ga. — U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff and Congressman Austin Scott (GA-08) are leading a bipartisan push for disaster relief funding to prevent deep and lasting economic damage to the agricultural industry in the Southeast. Ossoff and Scott, alongside Georgia’s entire Congressional Delegation, led a bipartisan, bicameral group of 34 lawmakers from Southeastern states, urging Congressional Leadership to work with …
By Clint Thompson It is hard to fathom Georgia’s pecan crop sustaining worse hurricane damage than what it sustained from Hurricane Michael in 2018. But that may have been the case following Hurricane Helene last week. While a complete evaluation may not be available for some time due to power outages that remain throughout the state, a preliminary assessment shows …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) does not have a full scope on the damage left by Hurricane Helene last week. But it knows it was devastating and widespread. Fall crops were in the ground. Blueberry bushes were vulnerable and so were citrus and pecan trees. Chris Butts, executive director of the GFVGA, talked about …
