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Events Listed in this Newsletter Reminder: 2025 Appling County Pecan Meeting will be this Thursday, January 30, 2025, beginning at 12:00. Call the extension office at 912-367-8130 to RSVP. Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting – Wednesday, January 29, 2025 The Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting and UGA Cotton Production Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, January…
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If you watch social media for weather news, you will have noticed that another blast of very cold air is expected early next week starting on Sunday and lasting through Thursday. Many parts of the state will experience morning temperatures into the teens and some areas of the state may stay below freezing for a…
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Notice at the end of this newsletter, the 2025 Georgia Corn Short Course has been postponed. There was a good turnout at the 2025 Appling County Peanut Production Meeting. See the attached PDFs below for handouts given at the meeting if you were not able to attend. I would like to thank our speakers Dr.…
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Talkin/ Cotton Podcast – Season 1, Episode 20 Below is a link to episode 20 of the Talkin’ Cotton Podcast, where we discussed the federal economic and disaster assistance that was voted on and approved (12/21/24), and will provide some much needed relief for Georgia growers. Remember that this link takes you to buzzsprout, but…
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Appling County Production Meetings See the flyer below for Appling County’s Winter Production Meeting Schedule. Call the extension office at 912-367-8130 to register for a meeting. Please reach out if your business is interested in sponsoring. Southeastern Fruit and Vegetable Conference It is not to late to register for the SEFVC, use the link below…
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Appling County Forestry Meeting The Appling County Forestry Meeting has been rescheduled for December 3rd from 10:00 – 3:00 at the Georgia Farm Bureau Meeting Room in Baxley, GA. See the flyer below for more information on this meeting. Post Hurricane Helene Forestry Meeting Series This is a series of collaborative meetings being conducted by…
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Pecan orchards took a hard hit from Helene in Appling county. A third of the mature trees are down, at the least, and near to a quarter of the young trees did not fair to well either. Not only the tree themselves were roughened up but this years crop in Appling county has nearly been…
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Cotton Defoliation Update and Management Considerations Following Hurricane Helene (Camp Hand) As we are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, we have begun getting questions on how to deal with certain situations in our cotton crop. Please read the following document below for thoughts from myself and Wade Parker on moving forward with the…
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In Appling County we are still experiencing widespread power outages, no internet, and spotty cellular service. Commodity producers have took a hard hit from this storm on top of what has already been a tough year due to other weather events mixed with low commodity prices and high input prices. From my initial assessment of…
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