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Sharon Dowdy of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has an interesting story this week about how farmers and extension agents in southwest Georgia are coping after the devastating effect of Hurricane Michael earlier this month. Lots of good stories about what happened to farmers around the area and…
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The Southeast Farm Press reported this week that the National Cotton Council is asking for farmers’ help in identifying losses due to the winds and rain of Hurricane Michael earlier this month. They have a brief form to fill out which will help them tabulate the losses from the storm….
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Previously I’ve reported on agricultural losses due to Hurricane Michael in Georgia and Alabama. Today Morning Ag Clips reported that Florida’s loss to crops due to the storm was a total of $158 million. Of that, $51 million was from the almost complete loss of cotton in the state. Greenhouses,…
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Growing Produce published a story this week on the much lower production of sweet potatoes this year, due in part to the weather. Production was already expected to be down since prices have been fairly low, but the combination of poor weather in spring and summer and the heavy rainfall…
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The Southeast Farm Press posted a story this week about the winner of this year’s wheat yield contest, from Cherokee County, AL. Farmer Nick McMichen mentioned that the weather in spring was very favorable for wheat development and also was excellent for minimizing diseases. But he said what really made the…
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Now that we are experiencing freezing temperatures at night, it is a good time for livestock producers to remember the impacts of that cold weather on forages. Here is a good article from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on how freezes can cause hazards in some plants. You can read it…
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Here is an interesting story from the Tallahassee Democrat on the work that beekeepers are doing to save their hives following the destruction of Hurricane Michael. Many of the colonies were destroyed and others have no home and no food sources. The story includes information on how you can help…
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