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Calibrating airblast sprayers is something that’s often not done, or done improperly. Why is this important? Most pecan growers assume the sprayer is calibrated at 100 gallons per acre (GPA). Consider if it’s actually 81.4 GPA (as in the below example). The sprayer is filled to 1,000 gallons and enough chemical is added to the…
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Below is an article from Growing Georgia that was written by Clint Thompson. Friday, February 7th, 2014 Georgia farmers can no longer bank on subsidized payments from the federal government. Due to the new farm bill, which passed the Senate on Tuesday, the farm subsidies that are issued annually to producers around the country have been eliminated,…
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Here’s some information concerning the 2014 Farm Bill, put together by UGA Extension Ag Economists, Nathan Smith and Don Shurley.
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2014 Farm Bill: Bases National Center for Peanut Competitiveness February 1, 2014 1. Potential payments for the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) and the Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) programs are paid on the farm’s bases associated with a covered commodity. 2. Covered commodities are wheat, oats, and barley (including wheat, oats, and barley used for haying…
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Weed control in cotton has improved tremendously over the past few years. Controlling weeds such as, palmar amaranth pig weed will continue to be a vital step in cotton production.
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This past week, January 29 – February 2 the NJSA Southeast Regional Hog Show was held in Perry, GA. Participants from Georgia, Florida, Alabama and as far away as Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Pennsylvania competed in showmanship, purebred and crossbred categories. Appling County was well represented. Macy Hataway 2014 Southeast Regional Crossbred Barrow Show Class…
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Evaluating Control of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus in Tobacco using Imidacloprid Introduction – Tomato spotted wilt virus (TSWV) is the most limiting factor in tobacco production, and hence, profitability in Georgia. UGA tobacco pathologists estimate tomato spotted wilt virus causes an average annual (1995-2011) 36% stand loss and 18.5% yield reduction. Past research has shown…
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The 14th Annual Conservation Production Systems Conference will be held on February 13 beginning at 9 AM at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. Register Online at www.ugatiftonconference.org
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This is very important information for our blueberry growers that want to spray every other row with an airblast sprayer. Based on the results of this research trial spraying every other row or middle cannot be recommended. From Dr. Phil Brannen: Last year, I visited a blueberry site with significant mummy berry pressure in one of our south Georgia counties. …
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The Appling county Livestock show team competed at the Winter Pig Classic. Below are the final results. Winter Pig Classic Throw Down Katlin Williams 1st place Barrow Hampshire 4th place Gilt Duroc 8th place Gilt Hampshire Macy Hataway 5th and 8th in class Baker Hataway 2nd and 8th in class Georgia Junior…
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