Crops
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The Southeast Farm Press published an article today looking at early results of growing olive varieties in northern Florida. There are also some test groves in Georgia and a lot of interest by other farmers in adding this new crop into the mix of options. You can read the preliminary results here.
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The Southeast Farm Press had an excellent slide show on damage to North Carolina farm fields caused by the flooding from Hurricane Matthew here. Many fields were completely submerged, ruining soybeans and cotton as well as other crops. These pictures were taken by Hyde County Extension Agent Andrea Gibbs. She credits helicopter pilot Sid Cayton of…
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This morning Growing Georgia posted a lengthy story from Growing America on updated state by state assessments of damages to agriculture caused by Hurricane Matthew. You can read the article here. In many states, damage was bad but less than expected, while in North and South Carolina the damages from heavy rainfall in particular has caused…
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The Packer noted this week that Hurricane Matthew damaged crops in some parts of the Southeast while leaving others relatively untouched. Florida crops were not significantly affected by the storm winds, which were lower than expected due to the center of the storm remaining offshore. Georgia crops also escaped the worst damage, although six inches…
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Even though Matthew has a long way to go before it leaves the Southeast, I thought I would share some stories I’ve seen on initial impacts on agriculture. Of course, there will be a lot more information once the storm is gone and folks have time to do their assessments. AgWeb reported here that cotton…
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The USDA has issued a press release on Hurricane Matthew and its potential impacts on agriculture in the Southeast as well as resources that might be useful to producers. I have reproduced it below but you can also read it at https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDAOC/bulletins/1695705. USDA Prepares for Hurricane Matthew USDA Office of Communications sent this bulletin at 10/05/2016…
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The Georgia Farm Bureau posted a video story this week on the start of the cotton harvest in south Georgia. It featured Appling County extension agent Shane Curry and discussed the negative impacts of the hot and dry conditions on dryland cotton this year. Poor yields are exacerbated by low cotton prices, which make it…