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By Clint Thompson Last week’s Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference served as a celebration of what’s right with specialty crop production in the region, explains Chris Butts, executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA). “It’s been such an eventful year, everything from the hurricane to our continued struggles with imports, this is really a chance …
Drought continues to linger across certain regions of the Southeast, but it is dissipating in some areas. This is according to the most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Florida is suffering through mostly dry conditions with moderate drought remaining in the northern part of the state. An area in the Florida Panhandle, including Holmes, Washington, Bay, Gulf, Franklin, …
The Tri-State Fruit and Vegetable Conference is scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 28 at the Jackson County Extension Peanut Hall Auditorium in Marianna, Florida. That means fruit and vegetable producers from the Florida Panhandle, South Alabama and South Georgia are invited to attend. The meeting will begin with registration at 7:15 a.m. (CST), with the conference slated to begin at 8 …
Regular registration remains open for those interested in attending this year’s Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (AFVGA) Annual Conference and Trade Show. This year’s event will be held on Feb. 5-7 at The Lodge at Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, Alabama. Early bird registration ended on Jan. 1, but regular registration is currently underway and will continue until …
By Clint Thompson The annual Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference is just days away in Savannah, Georgia. While regular registration ends Tuesday, Jan. 7, on-site registration will still be available from Jan. 9-11. The yearly conference caters to fruit and vegetable production in Florida, Georgia, Alabama and the Carolinas. The production seminars, scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday, will …
Drought conditions continue to vary among states in the Southeast. Most of central and northern Alabama is experiencing dry conditions, while Florida is mostly dry. Georgia’s dry conditions continue to dissipate with most of the drought being observed in the southwest and southeast areas of the state. This is according to the most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. …
Drought-like conditions continue to be prevalent over all of Florida and most of Alabama, though there is sufficient moisture in most of Georgia. This is according to the most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Alabama’s dry conditions continue to range from abnormally dry, which are prevalent throughout most of the state, to extreme drought in the northern areas …
By Clint Thompson According to the latest release of the U.S. Drought Monitor, almost all of the Southeast is experiencing some level of dry conditions. All of Florida is either abnormally dry or moderately dry. The worst conditions are observed in the Florida Panhandle and Northeast Florida. Moderate conditions start in Escambia County and stretch eastward to Gadsden, Liberty and …
By Clint Thompson Next year’s increases of the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR) is further evidence transparency is needed from the Department of Labor about how it justifies substantial pay increases for H-2A workers. Georgia and Alabama are experiencing 9% increases to $16.08, while Florida’s new AEWR is estimated to be $16.23, a 10% increase from the $14.77 rate in …
All of Alabama is experiencing dry conditions. North Florida’s drought is worsening, while all of western and northern Georgia is at least abnormally dry. This is according to the most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of the southern and central portions of Alabama are either moderately dry or severely dry. Severe conditions start in Mobile County, expanding …
