Extension agent outreach
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Sharon Dowdy of UGA’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has an interesting story this week about how farmers and extension agents in southwest Georgia are coping after the devastating effect of Hurricane Michael earlier this month. Lots of good stories about what happened to farmers around the area and how they are getting back…
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I ran across this image of an updated list of agricultural losses due to Hurricane Michael on Facebook tonight. I am sure there will be more stories about this tomorrow, but I wanted to share it tonight. You can find a clearer copy of the text at https://southeastagnet.com/2018/10/17/hurricane-michael-georgia-agriculture/ from SEAgNet. The estimates were made by Cooperative Extension…
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Seth McAllister is the ANR extension agent in Terrell, Calhoun, and Randolph Counties in Southwest Georgia. He wrote this week in his Nochaway Ag Update blog that he is very concerned about the impact of the wet weather on the chance of weeds becoming resistant to herbicides like Dicamba if the application is not handled correctly…
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Extension Agent Jeff Cook has an interesting post on what all the recent rainfall is doing to crops, including peanuts and peaches, in central Georgia. You can read it on the Three Rivers Ag News blog site at https://site.extension.uga.edu/threerivers/2018/05/much-needed-rain/.
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The Climate Learning Network announced today that their Climate Literacy Training is now available at eXtension. If you are an extension agent, then you can take advantage of this, but even if you are not, you might also be able to participate using the contact below. See the notice below for details on how to…
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After the dismal yields of peaches in Georgia for the last two years, producers are excited that this year looks like it might be one of the best. This has been a much better winter for chill hours than the previous two, setting up the crop for good blooming. Even though early peach varieties that…
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The Climate Learning Network is hosting a webinar on April 12 at 1 pm EDT. Here is the description of the webinar: “A collaboration between the Climate Learning Network and the Climate Science Initiative, this webinar draws on results from two studies (conducted with researchers Kaila Thorn, Allison Chatrchyan, Daniel Tobin, and Rama Radhakrishna) of…