Jeremy Kichler
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Prices at the grocery store are higher for nearly everything, but one staple food item, in particular, is likely a key driver of recent sticker shock for consumers. Egg prices during the holiday season were up more than double over the same period in 2021. Retail egg prices averaged $4.25 per dozen in December 2022,…
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An estimated 70 percent of Georgia’s cotton fields are infested with at least one species of potentially damaging plant-parasitic nematodes. In a statewide survey of cotton fields (nearly 1800 samples were collected) approximately 69 percent of the fields were infested with root-knot nematodes and 5 percent were infested with reniform nematodes. An effective tactic to…
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In this issue: Upcoming Production Meetings Great news!!! Georgia Ag Forecast 2023 Georgia Peanut Farm Show — Seed Seminar Presentations Precision Ag/Irrigation Meeting Brake Peanut Label (Prostko) Traditional Stock-to-Use Ratios are of Little Value in Determining Peanut Prices Upcoming Production Meetings: Colquitt County Peanut Production Meeting — Friday, February 10, 2023 at noon. Colquitt County…
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Another exciting week in Colquitt County agriculture! The UGA Corn Short Course and Peanut Farm Show was held this past week. The Colquitt County Extension office is hosting two production meetings this coming week. Growers can also attend The Georgia Cotton Commission Annual Meeting and UGA Cotton Production Workshop and the Ag Forecast this week.…
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As Dr. Culpepper and I have begun our annual winter weed tour around most of Georgia, one of the many things you will here us discuss is starting weed-free (clean) at planting using a combination of practices such as tillage, cover crops, and/or herbicides. The use of cover crops and tillage will vary by grower. …
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The 2022 Georgia Quality Cotton Awards will be given during the Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting lunch on July 26, 2023, at Georgia Southern University Nessmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro, GA. This will be the 18th year of this awards program to recognize producers and gins of high-quality cotton in Georgia. Producers are nominated by the gin…
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Upcoming Production Meetings in Colquitt County: All of the production meetings mentioned above will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office. If you have questions please call the office. Other meetings of interest.. January 17th – Georgia Corn Short Course – Tifton, GA• January 19th – GA Peanut Farm Show – Tifton, GA• January…
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Below are a few words from Dr. Lisa Baxter on the winter annual forage situation. The prolonged cold weather during the Christmas holiday has a lot of producers asking, “Are my winter annuals going to regrow?” Unfortunately, there isn’t a clear answer that we can offer to this question. Many cool season forages can handle…
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I hope everybody has seen the forecast for the next few days. Below is the forecast from the National Weather Service (12/21/22) for the Moultrie-Colquitt County area. Below are a few words from Lawton Stewart, UGA Beef Cattle Specialist, on the upcoming cold weather and beef cattle… We are expecting extreme cold conditions over the…
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