A website from UGA Cooperative Extension

Uncategorized

  • Peanut Production Meeting Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Bulloch County Center for Agriculture 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm There will be a Peanut Production Meeting at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Dr. Scott Monfort and Dr. Bob Kemerait will be the guest speakers.  This meeting will cover topics related to…

    Posted in:
  • Listed below are meeting dates that have been scheduled for 2022. Please be sure to put these dates on your calendar, because they will be here before you know it. All of the meetings listed below will be held at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture, 151 Langston Chapel Road, Statesboro, GA 30458. There will be notices sent out before each of…

    Posted in:
  • I was contacted this afternoon by Captain Todd Hutchens of the Bulloch County Sheriffs Office. He wanted me to alert farmers in the county of diesel fuel being stolen from trailers and equipment being left in fields. They have also had some incidences in Effingham and Screven County. Please lock tanks and do not leave…

    Posted in:
  • There will be a commodity outlook for 2022 at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture on Monday, November 22 at 8:00-10:00 am. Two Clemson Extension Economists, Dr. Nathan Smith and Mr. Scott Mickey, will discuss current commodity production economics and risk management. This will be a beneficial meeting in helping you make management and planting…

    Posted in:
  • Please view below flyer for information in regard to the Farm City Week Luncheon on November 16, 2021. Please click HERE to register for the luncheon.

    Posted in:
  • Please view below flyer for information in regard to the Farm City Week Luncheon on November 16, 2021. Please click HERE to register for the luncheon.

    Posted in:
  • Some of the 2021 Bulloch County Extension on-farm peanut research has been completed and results can be viewed on the UGA Extension – Bulloch County website by clicking here. Go down page and look under Bulloch County Research Trials – 2021. Thanks to all the farm cooperators and companies that supplied product and/or support for…

    Posted in:
  • The cooler weather in the forecast for later this week has brought concern to those that still have peanuts in the ground and cotton not yet defoliated. Listed below are some thoughts to consider. Peanuts These temperatures this week will definitely slow peanut maturation down. However, temperatures in the lower 40’s and lower for several…

    Posted in:
  • Peanut harvest will be here before you know it and I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some important things that need to be done before the initial harvest begins. An initial Hull-Scrape Profile is recommended to determine maturity and a digging date. If you would like for me to take…

    Posted in:
  • Please view the results in the table below for the irrigated corn variety trial that was done at Michael Smith’s Farm. Thanks to Michael and the seed companies (AgriGold, AgraTech, DeKalb, Dyna-Gro, MorCorn, Pioneer and Syngenta) for their support of this corn research effort.

    Posted in: