Blueberry

• Upcoming Meetings and Events

  March 4, 2026

  2026 UPW Training Locations Appling County Young Farmer/UGA Extension Pre-Planting Meeting Appling/Bacon Blueberry Sprayer Field Day Midville Cover Crop Field Day Appling County Pecan Production Meeting Alapaha Blueberry Field Day

  Posted in: Blueberry, Cotton, Field Corn, Meetings and Events, Peanuts, Soybeans, Water/Irrigation

• Upcoming Meetings and Events

  February 18, 2026

  Topics in this Newsletter: 2026 Appling County Winter Production Meeting Schedule There are still a few meetings left on this years winter production meeting schedule for Appling County. REMINDER! The Row Crop Weed Meeting and the Cotton Production Meeting will be held at Turners Pondhouse (302 Dixon Rd Surrency, GA 31563), each of theese meetings…

  Posted in: Blueberry, Cotton, Field Corn, Meetings and Events, Peanuts, Pecans, Soybeans, Water/Irrigation, Weed control

• Upcoming Meetings and Events

  October 10, 2025

  2025 Appling County Blueberry Production Meeting Southeast Georgia Forestry Field Day Ware, Bacon, and Appling – Tri-County Forestry Meeting

  Posted in: Blueberry, Forestry, Meetings and Events

• Upcoming Meetings and Events

  May 9, 2025

  Blessings of the Crops Appling County Farm Tour Registration link: https://linktr.ee/greentree25

  Posted in: Blueberry, Cattle, Meetings and Events, Pecans

• Bacon County Blueberry Field Day

  October 31, 2024

  Posted in: Blueberry, Meetings and Events

• Upcoming Meetings: Blueberry Production Meeting and Forestry Meeting

  September 12, 2024

  Posted in: Blueberry, Forestry, Meetings and Events

• Blueberry Production Meeting

  October 9, 2023

  Posted in: Blueberry, Meetings and Events

• The 2019 Trade Assistance Payment Rates for the Market Facilitation Program

  August 1, 2019

  The below publication link contains the following helpful information: -Details of the county based payment rate and potential maximum payments by county for non-specialty crops.  Most notably for Georgia this includes producers of cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, and wheat. -Payment rates for specialty crop products (pecans), dairy, and hogs, including potential payments for each of…

  Posted in: Blueberry, Cotton, Field Corn, Peanuts, Pecans, Soybeans

• Blueberries and The March 2017 Freeze

  March 22, 2017

  Blueberry growers, the winter weather of March 16-17 2017 will most likely be dates we never forget. In just one night what could have potentially been a record crop load was nearly wiped out. Some fields were hit harder than others, but it was devastating across the blueberry belt of Georgia. The question is: what…

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• Mummy Berry Warning

  January 18, 2017

  From Dr. Phil Brannon: Blueberry growers, there are reports from the southern region of the state which indicate that leaves are starting to emerge on rabbiteye blueberries. This is truly an early leaf emergence for rabbiteyes, likely due to the exceptionally warm weather we are now experiencing. Blooms may not be far behind. As such,…

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