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  • There will be a Georgia Pesticide Waste Clean Day Event held on November 14, 2018 from 9am to 3pm at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in Moultrie, Georgia. This event is free but you do need to pre-register. The registration form is linked below the flyer. Ag dealers can also participate but there will be a…

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  • Please join us to learn about carinata production meeting this Thursday, August 9th at Noon at the Brooks County Ag Building. Please R.S.V.P. to the office at 229-263-4103.

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  • The Perennial Peanut Producers Association and UF/IFAS Extension will be hosting the annual Perennial Peanut Field Day tomorrow from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM at the North Florida Research and Education Center in Quincy, Florida. Topics including perennial peanut disease management, nitrogen fixation in perennial peanut systems, and weed control methods will be discussed. A…

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  • I want to share results obtained from the Brooks County 2016 Corn Silage Variety trial.  We planted this trial on April 25th and harvested 14 weeks later on July 27th.  This year’s trial included 69 replications, 23 varieties replicated three times each.   The varieties are ranked according to two different parameters, lbs. of milk/acre and green tons @35% moisture/acre.…

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  • Please see the article below regarding feeding during a drought by UGA Extension Animal Scientist Dr. Lawton Stewart. Most of Georgia, and especially parts of North Georgia, have suffered through some level of drought this summer.  The extended drought in many parts of the state have a double whammy effect on producers because not only…

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  • Southern Corn Rust  (pictures by Andy Shirley) Please see the article below by Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Extension Plant Pathologist regarding southern rust in corn and Asian soybean rust: “Thanks very much to agents Chase Hembree and Andy Shirley and consultant Rome Ethredge for first detection and diagnosis of southern corn rust (Puccinia polysora) in Georgia this year.…

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  • Via Eric Prostko, Extension Weed Scientist; Recent price increases in Sonalan 3EC (ethalfluralin) have many growers taking a closer look at the cheaper priced pendimethalin formulations (Generic Prowl 3.3EC and Prowl H2O 3.8ASC) for use in peanuts.  With the exception of use in reduced tillage systems (i.e. Prowl is preferred there), there have been no…

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  • Please find attached two pieces of information regarding the availability of the new aldicarb product “AgLogic 15G”. Please click on the two links below for more information, AgLogic15G Launch Release Letter Ag Logic Q&A letter UGA Extension has not tested it.  We do expect it to perform very similar to Temik 15G, but, again, UGA Extension has…

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  • Please take note of this opportunity to become licensed to sell home grown eggs. This meeting is hosted by the Brooks County Extension with the training being offered through the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Registration is limited so call in if this interests you, the meeting has a $8 fee for lunch expenses.

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  • The Brooks County Cooperative Extension Office held their meeting on silage/baleage meeting this past Wednesday March 2nd at noon here in the Brooks County Ag Building. Please see links below of the handouts from the meeting. Baleage FAQ Feeding Baleage  

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