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Georgia Produce Safety Alliance Website

Dan May 17, 2018 Field Crops, Georgia, Vegetables

If you are you a farmer in Georgia that grows fresh produce and makes over $25,000 per year in produce sales, then you may have to comply with the new Federal Produce Safety Rule. And the Georgia Department of Agriculture has a website that provides information to help growers be in compliance with the new rule. Brandon Sauceda, with the …

Texas Mexfly Quarantines Amended
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) recently amended three Mexican fruit fly (Mexfly) quarantines in Texas. This includes the Brownsville Mexfly quarantine in Cameron County and the Edinburg-Palmview and Donna Mexfly quarantines in Hidalgo County. BROWNSVILLE On May 15, the agencies expanded […]
AI to Assess Crop Damage
Imagine using an artificial intelligence (AI) platform similar to ChatGPT to get crop-damage information after a major storm and comparing it to previous seasons. That’s what University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) AI scientist Nikolaos Tziolas plans to provide for farmers. His project will be funded with a new $297,000 grant […]

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