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University of Florida names interim IFAS dean
John Davis will take over as interim dean for University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Research and as the director of the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station....
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Vive Crop Protection makes appointments
Vive Crop Protection has named a new Eastern U.S. sales manager, director of sustainability and stakeholder relations, and vice president of finance. With more than 25 years of experience in...
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Venture capital effort to help southwest Florida ag
In a move heralded as a first of its kind, a venture capital initiative launched in southwest Florida plans to focus on agricultural and AgTech investments. “Cap Table Nation” is a group of a dozen...
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UGA Extension agent named Vidalia director
Shane Curry, a University of Georgia Extension county agent, has been named executive director of the Vidalia Onion Committee (VOC). Shane Curry Curry was Appling County Extension agriculture agent in...
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Berry marketer Somerfield Farms adds Brian Deese
Berry marketer Somerfield Farms, Wilmington, North Carolina, has hired Brian Deese as director of procurement and grower relations. Deese has an extensive background in the agricultural industry and...
View ArticleU.S. Sen. Ossoff presses USDA for H-2A wage info
U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff is launching an inquiry into how the USDA conducts its Farm Labor Survey in Georgia. Ossoff, D-Georgia, launched an inquiry with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service...
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Mr. Peach, labor advocate recognized
Lawton Pearson, owner of Pearson Farm in Fort Valley, Georgia, was honored as 2024’s Mr. Peach at a Jan. 6 awards breakfast at the Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference in Savannah,...
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Georgia growers reject wine & grape marketing order
The Peach State’s wine producers have again failed to approve a new marketing order. Only 39% voted in favor of passage, falling short of the required two-thirds needed for passage, according to an...
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Onion, watermelon veteran joins G&R Farms
Vidalia onion and pecan grower G&R Farms has added Rawls Neville as sales manager. Neville joined the third generation Glennville, Georgia, grower on April 1. Rawls Neville Neville began his career...
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Georgia blueberry growers extend assessment
Georgia blueberry growers have approved extending their state’s blueberry assessment. As a result of the vote, the Georgia Agricultural Commodity Commission for Blueberries will continue for another...
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