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  1. Mar 28, 2024 · The economic contribution of food and fiber production plus related industries, amounts to over $7,663 per person in Georgia. Blueberries, pecans, and peaches rank among the top five among Georgia Fruits and Nuts and hold top-ranking positions nationally.

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    The economic impact of the Covid-19 to Georgia Specialty Crop Industry is huge. This economic forecast report serve as educational and professional guide for farmers, researchers and extension staff, lending agencies, policy makers and others in agriculture to facilitate decision making.

    There are over 35 commercial vegetables and almost a dozen major and minor fruits and tree nuts produced in Georgia. The combined farm gate value of this dynamic industry is almost $1.7 billion in 2018. Unfortunately, most of the fruits (blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, citrus, etc. and vegetables (pepper, squash, eggplant, cucumbe...

    As soon as the Covid-19 was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020, it became imperative that an economic forecast analysis was necessary. The forecast would gauge the perceived impact and their effect to the farmers, industry, state and nation in general. It would further provide information on future farming, resource allocation and financial plan...

    Our studies ( https://site.extension.uga.edu/aaecext/) and various newspaper interviews (http://vscnews.com/coronavirus-uga-fruit-vegetable-impact/ ), and https://vegetablegrowersnews.com/news/covid-19-keeps-georgia-produce-farmers-from-hiring-labor-exporting-crops/ will be useful to growers in their daily decision making process and for policy imp...

    Year:2020
    Geographic Scope:National
    County:Tift
    Location:Coastal Plain Station, Tifton
  2. Ag Snapshots provides the output and jobs supported by food and fiber production, which include the directly related industries along the supply chain – the total economic contribution– to highlight the importance of the agricultural economy to Georgia.

  3. Among the biggest challenges to farmers posed by COVID-19, after the loss in volume of business from restaurants: how to safely provide fruits and vegetables both to existing customers and a...

  4. Sep 24, 2020 · The prospect of continuing COVID-19 impacts in 2020 and 2021 has led Congress to consider additional assistance to help agricultural producers adjust to disruptions in domestic and global agricultural markets.

  5. 2021 HIGHLIGHTED COMMODITIES. Leading Georgia Agricultural Highlights: 2021. USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer. Leading Agricultural Commodities for Cash Receipts — Georgia: 2021. 1 The cumulative percentage is the sum of the percent total receipts for each commodity and all proceeding commodities.

  6. Feb 28, 2022 · Concerns are growing about the influence of COVID-19 on agricultural production, which could pose a significant threat to long-term food security and food supply (Pu and Zhong, 2020).