With more than 90% crop loss throughout Georgia, the peach industry lost $60 million due to the late freeze that hit much of the Southeast in mid-March 2023.…
MoreCiting Drought Conditions, U.S. Department of Ag Designates 17 Georgia Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas
The Secretarial natural disaster designation allows the Farm Service Agency to extend emergency credit to producers recovering from natural disasters through emergency loans.…
MorePoultry may perch atop the agricultural food chain in Georgia, but beef production brought $658.6 million to the state’s economy in 2021.…
MoreAll farms earning this recognition have continuously operated for 100 years or more.…
MoreOne Evans County farm was recently honored by the Georgia Centennial Farm Committee for its more than one hundred years in existence. …
MoreThe University of Georgia’s College of Family and Consumer Sciences recently launched a virtual agrileadHER community platform to offer a welcoming space for women in farming and other agricultural professions.…
MoreBy Maria M. Lameiras An innovator in agribusiness and an exemplary public servant in Extension will be inducted into the Georgia Agricultural Hall of Fame on April 29 during…
MoreJoe Boddiford, peanut farmer from Sylvania, Georgia, was elected chairman of the Georgia Peanut Commission during the February monthly board meeting.…
More(The Center Square) – The cost of farming will remain volatile next year, and high grocery prices with it, according to a University of Missouri research associate for…
MoreMadelynn Murphy, a fourth-grade 4-H’er from Appling County, earned a sweet victory in the 2022 Georgia 4-H Watermelon Growing Contest with a girthy melon weighing in at 109.5 pounds. The…
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