Crops
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My phone and email have been very busy in recent weeks with questions about the current extreme drought, the wildfires scattered across the region, and the potential for a change in the weather pattern that might bring more rain to the area. Southeast AgNet posted a recent story describing some of the comments that producers…
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Fresh Plaza newsletter has provided a good look at the current conditions for growing vegetables in Georgia and surrounding areas and what is being planted and harvested. They also provide a look at how Georgia farmers pivoted their production following the devastating frost that hit Florida earlier in the spring. It also describes hot heat…
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The freezes that affected Florida, Georgia, and Alabama have made farmers in the affected counties eligible for emergency loans to cover losses from those counties. There were a total of five different triggering events with different sets of counties affected by each one. Applications for the loans are due by November 4, 2026. You can…
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According to a recent news story published by the Miami Herald, “With farmers caught shorthanded and with crops not ready for harvesting, a pair of winter storms at the beginning and end of January potentially inflicted more than $3.17 billion in losses to the state’s agricultural industry.” The story goes on to note that winter…
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The Chinese or Lunar New Year is celebrated this year on February 17. In preparation for the New Year’s celebrations, Asian markets are usually full of specialty produce used to make delicious dishes. But the recent freeze that reached all the way down into central Florida has cut supplies of the popular vegetables short this…
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I have been seeing many pictures of the damage inflicted on the crops in Florida from the cold outbreaks we have experienced in the past few weeks on Facebook. Areas that are usually free from freezing conditions were busy growing vegetables, strawberries, sweet corn, and citrus until the cold slammed into them. Some freeze protection…
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Forages this year have taken multiple hits from the weather, first with the fall drought, then the early freeze in mid-November, and then the cycles of warm and cold conditions that we have seen this winter. Many types of forage have been impacted by the cold weather in the past few weeks, leading to loss…