Fruit
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This is a year when extremes of weather have devastated many crops around the country and the world. Yahoo News reposted this story from The Guardian that describes the impact of drought, floods, and wind on five important crops across the US. And this year is not over yet either, with a potential tropical storm…
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Drought in England has led to extremely low reservoir levels and concerns about whether they are likely to rise enough to support fruit and vegetable farming next year, according to a recent story in The Guardian. Farmers are considering their crop rotations for next year with an eye to reduced availability of water, and some…
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Assessments of the impacts of Hurricane Ian on agriculture in the Southeast continue to come in. Here are some more stories I have seen recently that document some of the problems caused by the storm. Yahoo News: After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggle Southeast AgNet: Florida Commissioner Nikki Fried on UF/IFAS Preliminary Agricultural Damage…
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In spite of the dry conditions that we have seen in parts of the Southeast over the last month, some blueberry producers are noticing problems with root rot in their fields. Dr. Jonathan Oliver, blueberry specialist at UGA, discusses how fungal diseases like root rot occur and how excess irrigation may be the cause of…
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Phil Brannen, one of the UGA fruit specialists, wrote a post to peach farmers in Georgia as we prepared to experience Hurricane Ian last week discussing what kinds of damage to expect following the storm. While the storm bypassed Georgia this time, other growers in surrounding states that did get hit might find the information…
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While residents of southwest Florida as well as the Carolinas are currently still picking up from the incredible destruction of Hurricane Ian, and Puerto Ricans are dealing with power losses and damage from massive flooding that fell during Hurricane Fiona, extension agents and farmers are starting to assess the toll that the wind and rain…
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While we don’t know the status of the orange crop in Florida yet, prior to the storm making landfall speculators were concerned about a significant hit to the citrus crop from the storm, according to this article in Bloomberg (may be paywalled). Growers are already under stress due to citrus greening, and some were not…