Category: By Region

INDUSTRY NEWS | Jun 04, 2024

Georgia growers group launches industry partnership push

Working to bolster industry support, the Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) has launched the Partnership for Growth Program.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 13, 2024

North Carolina Department of Agriculture issues alert for invasive yellow-legged hornet

The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services Plant Industry Division alert to concerns over the yellow-legged hornet.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 08, 2024

Registration opens for Georgia ag labor relations forum

The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association’s labor seminar returns this year but at a different time of the year.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 06, 2024

MSU Entomology to host insect forum

Michigan State University’s Department of Entomology is planning an insect symposium.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 03, 2024

Georgia group comments on H-2A rules, farm bill

The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association commented on the Department of Labor’s H-2A rules and the 2024 farm bill legislation.

INDUSTRY NEWS | May 01, 2024

Directors needed for Georgia pecan ag commodity commission

The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) is calling out for growers to serve on the Peach State’s agriculture commodity commissions.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 29, 2024

UGA study shows healthy school lunches aid children’s health

School lunches have come a long way from square pizza and fish sticks, and students across the board are benefiting from improved nutritional standards in the cafeteria.

National Nut Grower | April 2024

Leger & Son hedges to protect pecan groves from hurricanes

Sustainable practices have helped Leger & Son to grow pecans for nearly six decades. Learn more about the third-generation Georgia operation.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 19, 2024

Farmland for solar sites a concern in land-use bill

Roughly half of California’s 30 million acres of farmland is protected from development by the California Land Conservation Act of 1965.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 18, 2024

UC Cooperative Extension offers young orchard water, nutrient management workshops

UC Cooperative Extension is offering workshops to help growers manage irrigation and nutrients for young and immature orchards.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 17, 2024

Jerry Dowdy of Georgia’s Atwell Pecan dies

Jerry David Dowdy, owner of Atwell Pecan Co. in Wrens, Georgia, has died. He was 77.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 09, 2024

G&R Farms adds sales manager

G&R Farms, which grows pecans as well as Vidalia onions, has added Rawls Neville as sales manager.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Apr 02, 2024

Report: favorable almond conditions amidst unsettled weather

Blue Diamond Growers released its almond Crop Report on April 1.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Mar 11, 2024

UCANR hosts nematode workshop this month

UCANR is offering a workshop focused on nematodes from 8:00 a.m. until 3:15 p.m. to provide growers of annual and perennial crops.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Mar 06, 2024

UGA Extension agent new Vidalia onion leader

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