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Bleckley and Twiggs County Ag

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

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  • 2025 Corn Variety Trial Results

    This year, the Bleckley and Twiggs CEC/ANR Agent partnered with UGA Grain Agronomist Dr. Nick Shay and Wade Parker, Southeast District Agronomy Agent, to evaluate corn hybrid performance under local growing conditions on Hall Farms with David and Ben Hall. With help from seed company representatives, eight popular hybrids were planted on March 28 in…

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  • June Peanut Pointers

    Mark Abney, UGA Department of Entomology As we move into June concerns about thrips diminish, and we need to begin to look out for other insect pests that can attack peanut. I received a couple texts/calls in recent days about small caterpillars feeding on foliage. Though we did not positively identify them, the caterpillars were…

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