Southeast
Growers throughout the Southeast are assessing potential damage caused by Hurricane Idalia, which rolled through northern and western Florida and southern Georgia in late August.
Initial reports st...
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Hurricane Idalia, which was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico the week of Aug. 28, has forced University of Georgia Extension personnel to reschedule the Southeast Georgia Pecan Fall Field Day.
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Though aphids are the bane of many home gardeners’ existence, a new study University of Florida (UF) study shows the tiny pests also pose problems for the iconic monarch butterfly.
Insect pollina...
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The University of Florida (UF) Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is recognizing how the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) has helped farming.
As July 26 marked the 33rd anniver...
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Pam Durrence Dasher, a third-generation Vidalia sweet onion grower and co-owner of G&R Farms in southeast Georgia, has died. She was 79.
Dasher died on July 24. Funeral services are scheduled f...
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A University of Florida (UF) entomologist is being recognized for his work on mating disruption and insect management.
Lukasz Stelinski, a UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) p...
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Farmworker and legal organizations have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s new anti-immigrant law, Senate Bill 1718.
The groups, including the Southern Poverty Law Center, American Civ...
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Georgia’s pecan growers have voted to continue funding the Georgia Pecan Commission through grower assessments.
In balloting that was conducted from May 1-30, the Peach State’s pecan growers ap...
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