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News, events, and happenings in Colquitt County agriculture.

Jeremy Kichler

  • 2015 UGA Peanut Update

    Due to low cotton prices, there is a lot of interest in peanut production this year.  Below is the update 2015 UGA Peanut Update. 2015peanutupdate Included in this update from the UGA Peanut Team includes budgets, crop rotation effects on peanuts, a cultivar update and other new information in peanut production.    

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  • 2015 UGA Corn Production Guide

    Below is a link for the 2015 UGA Corn Production Guide.  Lots of good corn production information on agronomics, disease management, irrigation and weed control.    https://www.caes.uga.edu/commodities/fieldcrops/gagrains/documents/2015CornProductionGuide.pdf  

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  • 2015 UGA Crop Comparisons

    The 2015 Crop Comparison Tool is now available for viewing courtesy of the UGA Ag Econ Department.  Nathan Smith and Amanda Smith do a great job with this information.  This spreadsheet shows returns over variable and fixed costs of row crop commodities in both irrigated and dryland production.  Below are two links to this tool. …

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  • Due to commodity prices, growers are trying to figure out the most profitable mix of commodities to grow on their farm.  Below is a link to the 2015 UGA Peanut Budgets.  The four budgets include dryland and irrigated production cost estimates for conventional and striptill peanuts. 2015 uga peanut budgets Also below are two tables…

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  • Colquitt County Peanut Production Meeting, Jan 26th at 6 pm.  Dr. Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist, will be on hand to give area growers an update on the current peanut situation and new production practices. Colquitt County Vegetable Update, Jan 30 at noon. Keynote speakers are Dr. Tim Coolong, Extension Horticulturalist, Dr. Stormie Sparks, Extension Entomologist, and Mr.…

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  • Cotton Marketing News 12-23-2014

    Below are a few comments from Don Shurley on the cotton market as of December 12-23-2014.  

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  • Wheat Production Questions 12-4-14

    Over the last couple of days I have received a few questions concerning seeding rates and fertility for wheat.  Below are some thoughts about early season wheat production and how those decisions can affect yield. Seeding rates:  Some area growers establish wheat by broadcasting and incorporating with a disc or do all. In general, establishing wheat by using a drill…

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  • A series of meetings to provide information and analysis to assist producers and landowners understand what’s required and make decisions. Meetings will be conducted by University of Georgia agricultural economists Nathan Smith and Don Shurley, the USDA Farm Service Agency, and the USDA Risk Management Agency. Questions and answers and discussion will be included. Topics to…

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  • Interseeding alfalfa into bermudagrass is an interesting concept for forage growers in the south.  There are several reasons why forage growers need to consider this production system. Why Interseed Alfalfa into Bermudagrass? 1. Grow your own nitrogen for the bermudagrass. 2. Increase the quality of your forage (+ 30 or more RFQ points) 3. Makes…

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  • Stax / Farm Bill Workshops

    Below is information on the a Farm Bill workshop being held in Tifton at the RDC on November 19th.  This educational meeting starts at 9am.  If you need any information about this meeting contact the Colquitt County Extension office.  

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