Dairy
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Module 2 of the Southeast Dairy Stewardship Program will take place Monday, October 22nd from 4pm to 8pm at the Brooks County Ag Building. The cost is $20. You can register at the link below on Eventbrite or by bringing a check or cash to the meeting. Checks can be made out to Okeechobee 4-H. […]
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Brooks County will be hosting the first meeting in a series of six for a Southeast Dairy Stewardship Program. This meeting will be on calf care on Thursday, April 26 from 3pm to 8pm. Please RSVP to Michasia at michasia@uga.edu or (229) 263- 4103.
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Below is a list of the 2018 Brooks County Production Meetings. Please RSVP to the office at 229-263-4103 a few days before each meeting so we can have a head count.
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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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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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The Brooks County Cooperative Extension Office will be hosting a silage/baleage meeting this Wednesday March 2nd at noon here in the Brooks County Ag Building. The speakers will Dr. John Bernard, who will be speaking about current corn silage and baleage practices in the Georgia. Also, Ben Shirley will be speaking about pasture weed control […]
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Article below was taken from FarmPress an article published yesterday on their website; Click here to read the original article. The LSU AgCenter has released a guide listing grain sorghum hybrids that offer resistance to the sugarcane aphid, a pest that has caused significant damage to Louisiana’s sorghum crop in recent years. The 14 hybrids […]
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By Dr. Dennis Hancock, Associate Professor and Forage Extension Specialist Because of the wet fall, many producers have faced extremely difficult field curing conditions for their hay. Additionally, hay that was bone dry in the field has, in many cases, developed mold problems in the barn. This later issue has been problematic for us in 2015, […]
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Manure Demo Field Day Georgia Department of Agriculture and the University of Georgia are co-hosting a Manure Demo Field Day! During this field day, there will be a Live-Action Manure Spill Emergency Response Demonstration shown by Mr. Kevin Erb, University of Wisconsin Extension – Conservation Professional Training Coordinator, several agitation boat demos and application methods […]
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For those who aren’t subscribed to the Georgia Cattlemen’s Magazine, check out this great article by UGA Forage Extension Specialist Dr. Dennis Hancock covering the practice of stockpiling forage for Fall/Winter feeding Click here for the link to the full article Stockpiling Forage “In the South, we are blessed with a very long grazing season. With […]