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Bleckley and Twiggs County Ag

Timely News and Updates From The Bleckley/Twiggs County ANR Agent.

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  • First Look at the 2018 Farm Bill for Row Crops

    It looks like we will finally get a new farm bill if the President signs it like he is expected to. I know a lot of you will be interested to see what changes there will be. Here is some information about the bill from UGA Agricultural and Applied Economics, Yangxuan Liu and Adam N. Rabinowitz.…

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  • Georgia Pesticide Waste Collection Day

    Georgia Pesticide Waste Collection Day November 14, 2018 Sunbelt Ag Expo Grounds 290-G Harper Blvd. Moultrie, GA Georgia Pesticide Waste Collection Day is a program that gives everyone an opportunity to discard old, unusable, or cancelled pesticides to a hazardous waste contractor for disposal. Pesticides in leaking containers or disposed of improperly may cause environmental…

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  • Agriculture Disaster Assistance Information Session for Producers

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  • Cotton Defoliation Handout and Recommendations

    Here is a handout and a few charts regarding cotton defoliation from UGA Cotton Agronomists, Jared Whitaker and Mark Freeman: Cotton Defoliation Guide (Front) Cotton Defoliation Guide (Back)   With the talk of there being a shortage of thidiazuron (Dropp), a good alternative will be thidiazuron+diuron (Ginstar, Adios, Cutout).        

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  • Pod Blasting to Determine Peanut Maturity

        Some of our oldest peanuts are approaching maturity and need to be sampled to see when they are ready to dig. The recommended sampling time is 125 days, which would be peanuts planted on May 1 as of today. I have already tested 7 or 8 fields with the maturity board and most…

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  • UGA AG Econ & FSA Joint Producer Meetings – September 10-12, 2018

    Here is some information about some meetings that will be held by UGA Ag Econ and FSA in a couple of weeks.  I believe these meeting will be very beneficial to you as farmers. I will be attending the one on Monday, September 10 in Perry. The meeting is only 1 1/2 hours, so please…

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  • Seed Cotton MYA and Payments Update

    Here is some info from Yangxuan Liu and Don Shurley, UGA Ag Econ:   Recently, we have gotten requests for information on prices and what payments would have been and might be with the new seed cotton program.  Landowners and producers can now makes choices and enroll in the seed cotton program through their local…

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  • The Importance of Evaluating Your Irrigation System Now, Not Later

            In many areas of the state, pivots are standing motionless which is a sure sign this time of year we have been receiving rain. Some may say too much. One thing I have learned in farming is that there is a fine line between too wet and too dry and that we are…

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  • Cotton and Peanut Update 8-10-18

    Cotton: We have a wide age range of cotton from just blooming to 7th week of bloom. There are a few things I want to address: I am getting a lot of calls about pix and pix recommendations. As you all know with the conditions we have had, cotton is growing extremely fast, some varieties…

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  • Corn Harvest Recommendations

    A large majority of the corn in our county is at black layer stage, and some has already been pulled. I have talked with growers, and many are planning to start harvesting next week as well if the weather allows for it. Conditions like we have had are great for the development of ear molds and kernel…

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