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Eric Cohen walks through his family's pecan orchard at Pecan Ridge Plantation outside of Bainbridge. The Cohens cleaned up downed pecan trees and planted new ones after the destruction of Hurricane Michael in 2018. (Photo by Andrew Davis Tucker/UGA)
First it was Hurricane Michael, then a pandemic. But Georgia’s agriculture industry is weathering the storms — with the help of UGA support
It’s been a rough three years for Georgia pecan farmers, whose cash crop has been battered by a hurricane, a fungal tree disease, and a global pandemic—all in relatively rapid succession.
But many have tapped into the strength of connection with the University of Georgia. That’s what rescued Rob Cohen

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