Legislative News
Apr. 14, 2022
Freeze Effect: Legislation Introduced to Protect Growers
Apr. 12, 2022
Disaster Programs a Must for Southeast Specialty Crop Producers
Apr. 01, 2022
Reminder: Specialty Crop Block Grants Deadline is April 12
Mar. 23, 2022
Commissioner Fried Statement on USDA Approval of Disaster Declaration
Mar. 15, 2022
Commissioner Fried Shares Fertilizer Production Concerns with USDA
Peppers: Industry Expert Provides Market, Production Updates
Neil Mazal, with East Coast Farms and Vegetables in Lake Worth, Florida, provided an update on pepper production and current…
Options Available for Management of Gummy Stem Blight
Gummy stem blight disease pressure has been light so far this season in North Florida watermelons. That trend may soon…
Georgia Blueberry Crop Struggling Following March Freeze Event
By Clint Thompson The impact the March 13 freeze event had on Georgia’s blueberry crop might be worse than expected.…
Hot and Dry Conditions in Alabama
By Clint Thompson Alabama specialty crops that are planted are in desperate need of water. It may be a while…
UF/IFAS Strawberry Specialist: Lack of Neopestalotiopsis a Blessing for Producers
By Clint Thompson A drier year meant a good production season for Florida strawberries regarding a lack of diseases. A…
Dry Weather Helping Georgia’s Specialty Crops
By Clint Thompson The current dry weather sweltering Southeast Georgia is not ideal for row crop farmers but just what…
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USDA to Provide Approximately $6 Billion to Commodity and Specialty Crop Producers Impacted by 2020 and 2021 Natural Disasters
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that commodity and specialty crop producers impacted by natural disaster events in 2020…
Clemson Extension Agents Provide Updates
Clemson Extension agents provide updates in The South Carolina Grower this week about the status of various crops being produced…
Potential Diesel Shortage: ‘What’s Next?’
By Clint Thompson Diesel prices spiked to an all-time high this week. A potential shortage could soon spike fears among…
Georgia’s Peach Harvest is Underway
By Clint Thompson Georgia’s producers have begun peach harvest of this year’s crop. However, increased volume is not expected until…
Potassium’s Importance in Potatoes
By Clint Thompson Lakesh Sharma, assistant professor in the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Department of…
Watermelon Production: Preventative Sprays Needed for Rindworms
By Clint Thompson North Florida watermelon producers should be applying insecticides on a preventative basis when targeting rindworms. Bob Hochmuth,…
News By State
Alabama
May. 20, 2022
Alabama Hemp Production: Rain Needed to Get Started
May. 18, 2022
Hot and Dry Conditions in Alabama
May. 13, 2022
What’s Happening? Alabama Extension Plant Pathologist Provides Disease Update
May. 05, 2022
Alabama Insect Pest Monitoring Report
Apr. 21, 2022
Storms May Aid in Transportation of Insect Pests
Florida
Georgia
May. 20, 2022
Georgia Hemp Production Declining in 2022
May. 18, 2022
Georgia Blueberry Crop Struggling Following March Freeze Event
May. 18, 2022
Dry Weather Helping Georgia’s Specialty Crops
May. 16, 2022
Georgia’s Peach Harvest is Underway
May. 13, 2022
Extreme Weather Conditions: Georgia’s Vidalia Onions, Blueberries Impacted
North Carolina
Apr. 27, 2022
N.C. State’s Suchoff to Lead New Hemp Research Consortium
Apr. 18, 2022
North Carolina Strawberry Season Underway
Mar. 24, 2022
N.C. Tomato Growers Association Offering Scholarship
Mar. 23, 2022
N.C. State Extension to Host Produce Safety Field Days
Mar. 03, 2022
Dry Conditions Worsen in Southeast Region
South Carolina
May. 10, 2022
Clemson Extension Agents Provide Crop Updates
May. 04, 2022
What’s Happening? Clemson Extension Agents Provide Updates
Apr. 19, 2022
Clemson Extension Agents Provide Weekly Updates
Apr. 12, 2022
Clemson Extension Agents Provide Weekly Updates
Apr. 05, 2022