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What’s Hitchhiking Into the Southeast?
Southeast Regional Ag News
Scientists say invasive pests are arriving through trade, travel, nursery stock, and shipments.
San Diego County Area Quarantined After Mexican Fruit Fly Detection
California Ag Today
State and federal officials launch eradication efforts in La Mesa following the discovery of five flies, including a mated female.
Medfly Menace: Quarantine Hits Santa Clara County
California Ag Today
Officials are responding to a Mediterranean fruit fly detection in San José with an aggressive quarantine and sterile fly release program.
Teaching with a Twist of Ag
Southeast Regional Ag News
Alabama educators get hands-on at Ag in the Classroom’s Summer Institute to bring farming into everyday learning.
Oriental Fruit Fly Quarantine Lifted in Orange County
California Ag Today
CDFA credits community cooperation for successful eradication, but warns that vigilance against invasive pests must continue.
Seed count
Idaho Ag Today
Where do the seeds you plant on your farm or garden come from? Why does it matter?
Equipment for Small Farms
Farm of the Future
Twisted River Farms growers Steve Strasheim says simple innovations, like the paper pot transplanter, have been instrumental in saving time and energy.
Promoting Ag Literacy: "The Soil in Jackie’s Garden" Donated to Georgia Libraries
Southeast Regional Ag News
The Georgia Foundation for Agriculture, Georgia Farm Bureau and Georgia Electric Membership Corporation are working together to boost agricultural literacy by donating copies of the children’s book “The Soil in Jackie’s Garden” to nearly 400 libraries in the Georgia Public Library Service.
U of I seminar
Idaho Ag Today
Registration will be open through Dec. 13 for an annual University of Idaho Extension seminar featuring presentations on input cost analysis.
and USDA Trade Mission to Vietnam
The Agribusiness Update
The Georgia Master Gardener Extension Volunteer program is celebrating its 45th anniversary culminating in the Georgia Master Gardener Association’s Annual Conference, and USDA Undersecretary Alexis Taylor leads a large trade mission to Vietnam this week.
Georgia Master Gardeners and Ag Debt Consolidation
The Agribusiness Update
Georgia is celebrating its 45th anniversary culminating in the Georgia Master Gardener Association’s Annual Conference October 4-5, and the USDA launched a Debt Consolidation Tool that gives ag producers a new way to evaluate potential savings.
Protecting the Southeast from Beetles and Hornets
Southeast Regional Ag News
In Georgia and Florida, separate efforts are now underway to minimize the impacts of pine beetles and Yellow-Legged Hornets.
Encouraging Kids to Dig in the Dirt
California Ag Today
“The Soil in Jackie’s Garden” is a cumulative-style picture book that tells the story of Jackie and her garden friends as they discover the wonders of soil and how things grow.
All-Call for Southeast Urban Agriculture Representation
Southeast Regional Ag News
The USDA is seeking nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production.
Commercial Gardening Recovery and Beef Samples Test Negative for Bird Flu
The Agribusiness Update
Producers and seed companies report steady supply and demand after recovering from a pandemic gardening boom that depleted seed inventories, and USDA says all ground beef samples tested negative for the H5N1 bird flu virus.