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We respond to many of pond calls each week. The majority of these calls involve weed management in their ponds, but a few are related to liming and when to fertilize their ponds. Proper fertilization and liming can increase three to four times the pounds of fish a pond will support. Unfertilized ponds stocked with bream, bass…
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We received a call yesterday, from the Georgia Department of Agriculture, informing us that Brooks County’s Georgia Clean Day has been rescheduled. The new date, set by the Georgia Department of Agriculture, is November 12, 2014. Also, due to the change in collection date, we will be accepting additional product and extending the pre-registration time…
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Fortunately, in Georgia (especially in Brooks County) we have a low risk index for cold damage during our peanut growing season. However, this season has not been our typical growing season. As you know, many of our peanut acres were later planted due to excessive rains…
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Great post from Nick McGhee Terrell County Agent. The University of Georgia publishes yield data and disease ratings every year from their variety trials. One of the commodity groups that our researchers look at is the small grain crops including wheat, oats, rye, barley, and triticale. Even though most growers are in the middle of harvest…
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Post from Dr. Lenny Wells UGA Pecan Specialist. As growers begin to harvest pecans, it is useful for them to know what current market prices are so that they can get the best possible price for their crop. The USDA Fed-State Market News Service provides price information for Georgia pecans at the following link: https://search.ams.usda.gov/mnreports/tv_fv140.txt Prices…
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We are pleased to announce that Brooks County has been chosen to host a 2014 Georgia Clean Day. This event will be held at the Brooks County Ag. Annex/Extension Office on October 30, 2014. This program is organized and administered by The Georgia Department of Agriculture, through funding provided by the US Environmental Protection Agency…
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I want to share results obtained from the Brooks County 2014 Corn Silage Variety trial. We planted this trial on May 6th and harvested 13 weeks later on August 7th. This year’s trial included 75 replications, 25 varieties replicated three times each. The varieties are ranked according to two different parameters, pounds of milk/acre and…
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I would like to share with you, a vegetable alert I received this week from Hunt Sanders, Disease Management Specialist in UGA Department of Plant Pathology. Most of you are aware that, Dr. David Langston former UGA Vegetable Plant Pathologist accepted a position with Virginia Tech. So, in Dr. Langston’s absence, Hunt Sanders will be handling many of…
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As most of the corn has been harvested, UGA encourages producers to begin establishing a management plan to control Palmer amaranth (pigweed) populations. As we move into the fall of the year, we need to control the Palmer amaranth population, in order to prevent an additional crop of seed being produced prior to frost. It is…