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January 2021

  • 2021 Farmer Showcase. This showcase will focus on how to improve soil health in a rotation that includes cotton and peanuts. Mr. Peyton Sapp, Burke County Georgia Extension Coordinator, will present some preliminary results from the long-term crop rotation plots at the Southeast Georgia Research farm near Midville, GA.  In addition, Mr. Burton Heatwole, Millen,…

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  • February 10, 2021 at the Mitchell County Stadium in Camilla, GA. See flyer for more details.

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  • Green-Up 2021

    This year a Category 24 Review and Green Up event will be held virtually. Each event will be conducted through zoom. Participants must preregister to receive a zoom link. Registration links can be found in the attached flyers or below. The cost is $25 per event. For Green Up, each participant needing to receive Category…

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  • Registration to receive the Zoom webinar link We invite you to attend the 2021 Georgia Ag Forecast presented by faculty in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development. Keynote topics include agritourism in the state and COVID-19’s impact on agriculture.  Date: Friday, Jan. 29Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.

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  • January 2021 – Pecan Update

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  • The 2021 Pecan Production Meetings are being held virtually this year due to the COVID outbreak.  Angel Acebes, Andrew Sawyer, Jason Brock, and Lenny Wells will be presenting and will be available for questions over Zoom.  The dates are as follows: January 21 —6 pm February 9—9 am March 9—6 pm If you are going…

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  • The University of Georgia Cotton Team would like to invite you to attend our annual cotton county production meetings virtually.  Specialists from the University of Georgia Extension Cotton Team will discuss current topics covering agronomics, fertility, irrigation, pest management, and economics with results from recent field trials. All of these talks will be presented on…

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  • We would like to invite you to attend our annual peanut production meetings virtually.  Specialists from the University of Georgia Extension Peanut Team will discuss current topics covering agronomics, fertility, irrigation, pest management, and economics with results from recent field trials.  These meetings will be presented on four separate days through January and February to…

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  • To: Burke County Producers who are Certified Pesticide Applicators Our Burke County Extension programming efforts will look somewhat different this year.  We are all aware that requirements related to the COVID 19 virus are continuing to impact how we conduct business.  We have scheduled one group meeting per crop at the Burke County Office Park,…

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