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By Clint Thompson Georgia specialty crop producers impacted by Hurricane Helene in 2024 need legislative help to maintain their farming operations. Georgia legislators are doing their part to assist those farmers. The governor’s disaster package, also known as HB 223, passed the Senate last week and went back to the House. The bill would allow disaster payments to be state …
By Clint Thompson An important piece of Georgia legislation that would protect business owners and ease insurance rates passed the House of Representatives this week. SB 68, a bill dealing with tort reform, passed the House and now heads to the Senate. If passed, it is expected to be signed into law by Georgia Governor Brian Kemp. Georgia Agribusiness Council …
By Clint Thompson The Georgia State Legislative Session continues in Atlanta, and a bill impacting pesticide labeling cleared its final legislative hurdle last week. Georgia Agribusiness Council (GAC) President Will Bentley spoke with AgNet Media about the passage of SB 144. “Most importantly, SB 144 passed out of the House, which is final passage for that bill dealing with pesticide …
By Clint Thompson Georgia’s Vidalia onion producers need to guard against overusing Omega 500F, an effective fungicide that protects onions from numerous diseases, including downy mildew. University of Georgia Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist Bhabesh Dutta highlighted the fungicide during a recent Vidalia onion meeting in Lyons, Georgia. “It is good. If we lose Omega, we’re going to be in trouble,” …
Citrus greening disease, also known as huanglongbing (HLB), is not yet widespread in Georgia. However, there’s no reason to think that it won’t become more of a problem for the state’s citrus growers. Lindy Savelle, executive director of the Georgia Citrus Association (GCA), hopes it doesn’t happen but cautions growers about the disease’s potential beyond Florida. “Something we have to …
Georgia’s legislative session continues in Atlanta. Georgia Agribusiness Council President Will Bentley spoke with Dale Sandlin, Ag News Director for Southeast Ag Radio Network, about recent developments that could impact the state’s specialty crop production. Sponsored ContentNew Syngenta Varieties Offer Grower SolutionsFebruary 1, 2026Attribute® II Technology Adds More Flexibility and Strength to Sweet Corn Pest ManagementJanuary 1, 2026Nuseed Carinata Covers …
By Clint Thompson If history is any indication, downy mildew can happen any time in Georgia’s Vidalia onion crop. Growers can ill-afford to get behind the eight-ball with regards to managing this “destructive” disease, says University of Georgia Extension Vegetable Plant Pathologist Bhabesh Dutta. “There’s a reason people named it a destructer, because it destroys pretty much everything in three …
By Clint Thompson Tuesday’s tariffs implemented by the Trump Administration is helping level the playing field for Georgia’s fruit and vegetable industries. Chris Butts, executive vice president of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA), discussed the trade war which resulted in tariffs levied on China, Mexico and Canada. “We have tried everything we know to level the playing …
By Clint Thompson Georgia Vidalia onion growers must prioritize thrips control with harvest season approaching. Since thrips vector center rot disease, producers must be diligent in their scouting and insecticide sprays, says Chris Tyson, University of Georgia (UGA) Extension area onion agent. “February is usually the time we start worrying about thrips, February and March, really. They are the two …
By Clint Thompson Georgia’s House Bill (HB) 164, otherwise known as the truck weights bill, passed through the house and is now awaiting discussion by the senate, says Georgia Agribusiness Council (GAC) President Will Bentley. “Truck weights has gone over to the senate. We are expecting that to get a hearing, probably right after crossover day, is what we’ve been …
