Gene McAvoy, Hendry County Extension Director with University of Florida IFAS in LaBelle, talks about how the recent freezing weather in the state is having an effect on many pastures. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
Time will Tell How Bad Freezes Affected Citrus and Sugarcane Crops
Gene McAvoy with the Hendry County Extension gives us an update on how the three freezes and now warm-up will affect the citrus and sugarcane crop. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
2010 Ending the Same Way it Started for Specialty Crop Growers
Unfortunately, the month of December topped off an already tough year for specialty crop growers as Hendry County Extension Director, Gene McAvoy, gives us some estimates of the losses they have received due to the three early freezes this month. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril …
Uncertain Weather
2010 was a bad weather year. Everett Griner explains. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
A White Christmas for Parts of the Southeast
Many parts of our listening region experienced a rare white Christmas weekend for 2010. Including the Athens, Georgia area where CAM Ranches owner, Andrew McPeake, didn’t get much of a holiday as he was busy checking on his cattle and ensuring that they had plenty of feed and hay to keep them warm during the blistering temperatures. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture …
A Host of Weather Issues Could Affect Producers Well into Spring
It’s not just the cold weather that southeastern producers are having to contend with as an impending drought could affect many sectors of agriculture well into the spring. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024
USDA Designates All 67 AL Counties Eligible for Disaster Assistance
MONTGOMERY – Agriculture & Industries Commissioner Ron Sparks announces that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Thomas Vilsack has designated all 67 Alabama counties as areas of primary natural disaster due to losses caused by drought and excessive heat during the period of March 1, 2010 and continuing. Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New …
Freeze Effects on Specialty Crops and Their Markets
The following three reports are a quick update on how the bitter cold in recent weeks that has blasted the Deep South has affected our specialty crops. Effects on Markets: Download Audio Sugarcane Crop: Download Audio Georgia’s Specialty Crops: Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, …
Some Specialty Crop Producers Receive Significant Freeze Damage
As producers start to assess the damage from the recent freezes, Hendry County Extension Director, Gene McAvoy, says with some areas experiencing at least 6 hours of below freezing temperatures there has been some significant damage. Download Audio Sponsored ContentCIR Agriculture Harvester ProductsMarch 1, 2025Nuseed Carinata Covers New GroundOctober 1, 2024TriEst Ag Group: Partners in ProfitabilityApril 1, 2024