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Decatur County will be hositng a swine showmanship course in Bainbridge on December 2nd and 3rd, 2016. Mr. Beeler is the ultimate showmanship judge for youth across the nation. This is a once in a lifetime experience for all attendees including adults, gaining valuable insight and important life lessons. Contact: Lindsey B. Hayes, Decatur County…
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Please join us on Saturday November 12th!! Brooks County 4-H will be hosting our second annual sporting clays tournament at Southwinds Sporting Clays on Hwy. 84 leaving out of Quitman. The monies generated from this event will be used to fund Brooks County 4-H activities and support/sponsor Brooks County children participating in 4-H events. The tournament…
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Due to Tropical Storm Hermine, our office will be closed tommorrow 9/2/16. Also, we will observe Labor Day on 9/5/16 and reopen on Tuesday, 9/6/16. We will be hull scraping peanuts for the remainder of today and again on Tuesday.
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I wanted to let you know that we started scraping peanuts this week at the Brooks County Extension office. Please follow the attached link, providing information regarding collecting peanut samples for hull scraping. Please give me a call if you have questions. 2016 Peanut Clinic Info Flyer
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Please remember that we have a cotton defoliation meeting today at Rountree Lodge (Hiers Lodge) beginning at 12:00. Dr. Jared Whitaker, UGA agronomist, will be discussing defoliation options for 2016.
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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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If you are interested in perennial peanut production, please make plans to attend the field day being held tommorrow at University of Florida – Quincy research station. Follow the link below for schedule of events. 2016 Perennial Peanut Field Day Agenda – HANDOUT 7-23-16
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I wanted to share disease updates and UGA recommendations, for peanuts, cotton, and soybeans. Please call me if you have any additional questions. Peanut: We have experienced a couple of weeks of ideal conditions (very hot temperatures & scattered rainfall) for leaf spot diseases and white mold. In order to protect the crop during this critical…
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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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Please be aware that yesterday (6/8/16) I visited a field in Brooks County and confirmed the presence of Sugarcane aphids in our county. I wanted to give you a product update, on pesticides we can use for 2016, to control sugarcane aphids. We have 2 products available, Sivanto Prime and Transform. Things we should know…
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