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By Clint Thompson Count the Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (AFVGA) as one organization excited about the opportunity to work alongside President-Elect Donald Trump and his administration in a couple of months. Blake Thaxton, executive director of the Alabama Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (AFVGA), discussed the next administration and its importance in helping resolve long-standing issues like labor. …
By Clint Thompson Pecan harvests are well underway across South Georgia. What growers are harvesting right now will comprise most of what they pick for the season, believes Lenny Wells, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension pecan specialist. “For a lot of them the volume has not been there; at least it’s less than what they thought when they were looking …
The benefits of implementing citrus under protective screen (CUPS) could be major for growers in the cold-hardy region. But they first must overcome the major limiting factor associated with the system — its cost. Arnold Schumann, a professor of soil fertility and water quality at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Citrus Research and Education …
The most recent release of the U.S. Drought Monitor shows dry conditions covering all of Alabama and Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. Florida’s abnormally dry conditions start in Escambia County and stretches as far east as Taylor and Madison counties. Abnormally dry conditions cover the majority of Georgia, except for a small area in the southeastern part of the state. …
By Clint Thompson Strawberry production is underway across the Southeast. Though much of the region is in the midst of prolonged dry conditions, disease management figures to play a pivotal role for growers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama. One disease that producers need to be mindful of is phytophthora. Amid the overwhelming concerns farmers had about neopestalotiopsis prior to planting …
By Clint Thompson The lingering dry weather following Hurricane Helene has left drought-like conditions expanding and worsening across certain areas in the Southeast. Pam Knox, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension agricultural climatologist, said the chance of rain in the forecast in grim for the immediate future. “I looked at the seven-day outlook and there’s no rain in most of Georgia …
The first chore for growers in the cold-hardy citrus region when managing citrus greening is scouting for the disease and its vector, the Asian citrus psyllid. The next step is prompt removal of any trees infected with the disease, says Jonathan Oliver, University of Georgia (UGA) assistant professor and small fruits pathologist. “At this point, we think greening is still …
Crop production is only half the battle for citrus growers in the cold-hardy citrus region of North Florida, South Georgia and South Alabama. The other half is knowing where that crop is headed once it is harvested. Bill Barber, Ag Services LLC and Certified Crop Adviser, stressed to growers during a recent citrus meeting that they should have a marketing …
By Clint Thompson Alabama strawberry producers are at greater risk than ever of planting a crop impacted by Neopestalotiopsis. But Ed Sikora, professor and Extension plant pathologist in the department of entomology and plant pathology at Auburn University, contends that the weather next spring will be an ‘X’ factor in determining the disease’s impact on the state’s crop. “I think …
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 …
