Southeast
Nearly 30 counties in southeast Georgia are eligible for disaster assistance from damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, which struck the state's pecan groves on Aug. 30.
The storm damaged state fruit,...
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G&R Farms is celebrating the success of a charitable program that helps encourage youth to enter agricultural careers.
The Growing America's Farmers (GAF) program provides scholarships and gran...
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Registration is open for the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference, which covers a variety of fruits, vegetables and pecans.
The event, scheduled for Jan. 11-14 in Savannah, Georgia, is...
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John W. “Jake” Renfroe, Jr., has died. Renfroe, 91, of the J.W. Renfroe Pecan Co., died at his home in Pensacola, Florida, on Oct. 21.
Renfroe Pecan is a third generation family-owned busin...
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Three Florida agricultural industry leaders are the newest additions to the Florida Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Eugene “Gene” McAvoy, a longtime southwest Florida regional vegetable and horticul...
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To protect the state's honeybee population, Georgia agricultural officials have detected and destroyed the nest of a yellow-legged hornet’s nest.
The yellow-legged hornet feeds on a variety of in...
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Hurricane Idalia brought southern Georgia pecan growers sigificant damage.
Crop loss in the southern part of the state, where most of Georgia's commercial pecan production occurs, could be as high ...
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Hurricane Idalia damaged south Georgia crops.
The Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has released information on how the hurricane and tropical storm, which made landfall in the Big Bend area ...
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