February 2015
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Here is a great article by Dr. Lenny Wells, Many fruit trees require a certain number of hours below 45 degrees in order to break down growth inhibitors in their buds, allowing them to begin growth in the spring. The number of chilling hours required to break dormancy varies considerably between and within species. Peaches…
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Brooks County Extension will be hosting a Commercial Vegetable Production meeting on Wednesday, February 25 at noon. Stormy Sparks, Tim Coolong and Hunt Sanders will be presenting on insect and disease control, varieties and vegetable production for 2015. Commercial and Private applicator credits will be available. Please contact the Brooks County Extension office if you…
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Attention Brooks County Cattlemen, The Wiregrass Cattlemen’s Association will be hosting their bi-monthly meeting here in Quitman at the Brooks County Ag Building. Wiregrass has asked Dr. Lee Jones from our UGA Veterinary College to come down and give a certification training on Beef Quality Assurance. The Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) is a national program that…
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Brooks County will be hosting a cotton/soybean production update meeting next week at 12 noon on Tuesday Feb. 10th. Dr. Jared Whitaker will be the speaker giving us an update on cotton/soybean production for 2015. Please join us for this meeting, and be sure to call the office before the event if you intend to come. 1 hour of private and (21) commercial…
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t Last week I found cherry oat aphids in winter grazing. This aphid transmits a virus called Barley Yellow Dwarf Virus. You may first notice the negative effects of this insect feeding, with discoloration of oats/ryegrass. It will have discoloration very similar to grass that has experienced frost damage. Of course, that has certainly not…
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Brook Co. cattle producers Dr. Curt Lacy, Extension Livestock Economist, has released the new 2015 budgets for cow-calf operations! With prices like they are this is the time to seriously look at inputs to maximize your potential for great profits.The budgets are in excel, so you’ll need the program. The budgets aren’t up on the UGA Extension website yet,…