Southeast
Jerry David Dowdy, owner of Atwell Pecan Co. in Wrens, Georgia, has died. He was 77.
Dowdy, who died April 12, was born in 1947 in Glennville, Georgia.
A former chairman of the National Pecan Sh...
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G&R Farms, which grows pecans as well as Vidalia onions, has added Rawls Neville as sales manager.
Neville joined the third generation Glennville, Georgia, Vidalia onion grower on April 1.
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Shane Curry, a University of Georgia Extension county agent who has led work on pecans, has become executive director of the Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC).
Curry was Appling County Extension ag...
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Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson, Senator Jay Collins, and Representative Danny Alvarez announced the filing of a joint resolution, HJR 1251 and SJR 1560, to amend the Florida Cons...
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In a significant development for rural communities in Georgia, the University of Georgia and The Jones Center at Ichauway were awarded a research grant to help pecan growers reduce risk from hurricane...
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U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff has pushed U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to help Georgia farmers sell more produce, including pecans.
In October, Sen. Ossoff launched an inquiry with CBP urging ...
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G&R Farms, a grower and shipper of pecans and sweet onions, has promoted one of its staffers.
Ronald “Kelby” Werner, a senior team member, has been promoted from production manager to sales...
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The USDA Farm Service Agency of Georgia is offering a webinar on the Farm Labor Stabilization and Protection Pilot (FLSP) program. The webinar will be 11 a.m. to noon Eastern, Dec. 5.
Arthur Tripp,...
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