Pecans
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Excerpt from weekly report below, report in its entirety here: https://www.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/fvwtvpcn.pdf Prices paid to growers (late afternoon November 7, 2019 through late afternoon November 12, 2019) at buyers delivery point or F.O.B. the orchard including direct sales to end users, cents per pound in-shell of generally good quality in lots of 20,000 pounds or less…
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At the time of writing, rain is falling consistently for the first time in weeks. With slower rainfall, the extended duration of this event, than say a summer afternoon soaker more water will infiltrate our soils….less run off. So much could be said about this rain. Depending on its duration and intensity the next few…
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Our new Area Pecan Agent, Andrew Sawyer, has been working closely with Specialist/Horticulturalist Lenny Wells since his move from being the Wilcox Co ANR Agent. Some of what he has seen this summer into early fall is outlined in a four page October Newsletter just released. The Newsletter can be access here: SE GA Pecan…
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Yesterday saw great information being shared among producers, crop insurance agents, FSA- and UGA- representatives at the joint producer meeting in Tifton. The conversations were civil though some frustrations remained about the delay in ECP payments as well as the intricacies of payment for pecan yeild loss & damage under WHIP/WHIP+. This meeting will be…
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A joint meeting between FSA and UGA will be held in in seven different locations between Oct 8-11th to talk about three major government support programs. At these production meetings representatives from both organizations will be on hand to answer questions about WHIP+, MFP and ARC/PLC. Flyer with locations and times below: Dr. Adam Rabinowitz,…
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As with Irma, hurricane Michael has spurred an allocation of money, $3 billion, to be distributed as disaster relief. Dubbed the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), this package was passed months ago and the details of its timeline as well as eligibility were announced about 1.5 weeks ago. Crop losses, including bush, vines…