While hurricanes have always been a threat to the Southeast, with an average of over two strikes per year since 1900, the threat posed by hurricanes is growing. Recent studies suggest that as ocean temperatures continue to rise, hurricane intensity is increasing. Hurricanes of the future will likely be slower-moving, higher category hurricanes that produce destructive winds and flooding.

To help producers remain resilient and productive in the face of this threat, the USDA Southeast Climate Hub, along other USDA agencies and university Extension experts, developed guides to help them prepare for—and recover from—hurricane events.

The State Commodity Guides contain hurricane preparation and recovery guidance and state-specific resource links for the most economically important agricultural commodities in each state. State Commodity Guides are available for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.

The Southeast Commodity Guides contain hurricane preparation and recovery guidance and resource links for the most economically important agricultural commodities in the region. Southeast Commodity Guides are avaialble for Beef; Beekeeping; Citrus; Commercial Nursery; Corn; Cotton; Crawfish; Dairy; Finfish; Forage Crop; Onion; Peanut; Pecan; Pine Forest; Poultry; Rice; Soybean; Strawberry; Sugarcane; Swine; Tobacco; Tomato, Pepper & Eggplant; and Watermelon.