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By Kasey Cronquist The blueberry industry has experienced remarkable growth over the past few years. This has been driven by a united marketing effort to increase demand, improvements in the consistency of year-round supply, and advances in genetics, post-harvest technologies and agricultural practices. The team at the North American Blueberry Council (NABC) and the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) is …
By Clint Thompson North Florida specialty crop producers are bracing for yet another hurricane. Just a couple of weeks removed from Hurricane Helene moving through the region, farmers in the area prepared for Hurricane Milton, expected to make landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday. “You do get weary after these multiple storm events. When you take the three hurricanes in …
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 …
First, University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) researchers developed technology to kill weeds, instead of strawberries. Now, UF/IFAS researchers are designing a machine that can surgically eliminate weeds while preserving the tomatoes and peppers around them, utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) and sensor fusion. Vinay Vijayakumar, a doctoral student working under the supervision of Yiannis Ampatzidis, created …
WASHINGTON – In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated communities, homes, farms and businesses across parts of the Southeast, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has deployed staff to assist with response and recovery efforts. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Farm Service Agency Administrator Zach Ducheneaux traveled to Florida and Georgia with President Biden on Thursday to assess damage …
By Frank Giles There has been a lot of activity in the past couple of years surrounding the H-2A visa program for agricultural workers. The wage-rate has skyrocketed, and a new final rule, titled Improving Protection for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States, is causing more regulatory heartburn for growers. The rule was published in June and …
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 …
By Frank Giles The Southeast has become a major production area for blueberries, thanks to strong breeding programs at land grant universities in key states. Here’s a look at several popular, new and under-development varieties from those breeding programs. University of Florida/Breeding Team Lead: Patricio Munoz Sentinel Sentinel is a vigorous, early-season, high-yielding cultivar with no known disease issues, although …
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 …
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week an investment of $1.7 billion for purchase of locally and regionally produced foods and domestically produced foods for emergency food assistance. These investments, made possible by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), will help American producers by ensuring they have the certainty of access to local and regional markets as …
