Beef Cattle
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Its Expo Week! The Sunbelt Ag Expo is an agricultural-based trade show held at Spence Field in Moultrie, Ga. Known as “North America’s Premier Farm Show”® the annual event has more than 1200 exhibitors showcasing the latest in farming technology. Whether you are a large acreage production farmer or a weekend lifestyle farmer the Expo…
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Last week was an interesting week in Colquitt County agriculture. No changes in the drought monitor last week, 100% of Colquitt County is considered abnormally dry. The dry land peanut crop has been challenged this year. Pastures and hayfields are suffering from no rain. The graphic below shows the 15 day percent of normal precipitation…
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The weather has been interesting the last couple of weeks. There was a report or two of hail last week on the west side of the county. According to the Georgia Weather station network, 4 inches of rainfall was recorded at the Sunbelt Ag Expo weather station for the week of June 24-30, 2025. …
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Be sure to check out the latest episode of the UGA Peanut Team Podcast. EPISODE 9, Season 3 Drs. Scott Monfort, Mark Abney, Eric Prostko, Scott Tubbs, and Lowndes County Extension Agent Josh Dawson discuss issues growers face as they begin planting. For more information, please reach out to your local agent. Also, the UGA…
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The Colquitt County Cattlemen’s Association is hosting a cattle tour on April 24, 2025. If you are interested please meet at the Colquitt County Ag Complex Barn at 1:00PM and board charter bus for tour. The tour will return to the barn for a meal and presentation around 5:00PM. Please call the Colquitt County Extension…
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A Pasture to Plate meeting is planned for Thursday, March 27 at the Colquitt County Extension office. This meeting will start at 6 pm. Topics will include forges, meat science and farm to consumer licensing and regulations. If you are interested please contact the Colquitt County Extension office at 229-616-7455. This meeting is sponsored…
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Up Coming Meetings: Colquitt County Cotton Production Meeting with be held on Monday, February 17, 2025 at the Colquitt County Extension office. This meeting will start at 12:00PM. Drs. Phillip Roberts, Camp Hand and Taylor Singleton will be our guest speakers. The Colquitt County Forage Production Update will be held on Tuesday, February 25, 2025…
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In this issue: Production meetings! The snow this past week. Peanut variety yield data. Cold weather and your winter grazing. Pruning pecan trees after year five. We have two production meetings in Colquitt County next week!! The Colquitt County Peanut meeting is scheduled for Monday, Jan 27, 2025 at noon. The Colquitt County Row Crop…
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When are the Colquitt County Production meetings? The 2025 Georgia Peanut Farm Show is scheduled for Thursday, January 16, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, GA. The show opens at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Peanut farmers and those involved in the peanut industry will be able to learn more about the…
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