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  • Check out the results of the 2015 Colquitt County Conventional Cotton Variety Demonstrations from the Sunbelt Expo Plot. Varieties Average of Gin TO Average of Lint Yield Average of Staple Average of Strength Average of Length Average of Uniformity Average of Net Loan Value DPL 1252 0.399 1,412 36.0 28.9 1.12 83.8 56.87 SSG AU…

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  • Click on the pdf link below to see UGA’s 2016 Vegetable Fungicide Spray Guides…  2016 Vegetable Fungicide Spray Guides.

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  • Farm to Table Workshop

    Colquitt County Extension ANR agents and FACS agent are collaborating to offer an upcoming farm to table program.

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  • This spring corn acres seem to be up in Colquitt County.  On March 16th with the help of a several local farmers, Jeremy and I planted an on farm corn trial to evaluate 18 different varieties. Check out our plot plan below.   “Jeremy with the local farmers loading the corn seed for the variety trial.” 

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  • Attached below are the 2016 Cotton Enterprise Budgets from UGA extension Economist, Dr. Don Shurley. Click on the links to open the budgets for: (Strip-Till, irrigated) 2016-ST-IRR (Strip-Till, non-irrigated) 2016-ST-NI (conventional tillage, irrigated) 2016-CONV-IRR (conventional tillage, non-irrigated) 2016-CONV-NI

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  • 2016 Pond Management Meeting

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  • Cotton and soybean varieties with tolerance to auxin herbicides (2,4-D or dicamba) are nearing commercialization. Prior to making applications of dicamba to dicamba-tolerant cotton/soybean or 2,4-D to 2,4-D-tolerant cotton/soybeans in Georgia, growers will be required to attend the training “Using Pesticides Wisely”. The training will focus on helping applicators/growers make wise decisions when applying not…

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  • Deidre Harmon, PhD Student, The University of Georgia. Lawton Stewart, Extension Beef Specialist, The University of Georgia. What is grass tetany and why is magnesium important? Grass tetany, also known as grass staggers, magnesium (Mg) tetany, hypomagnesemia, and wheat pasture poisoning, is a nutritional disorder caused by either 1) an inadequate amount of dietary Mg,…

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  • Attached is a pdf link to the 2015 Seedless Watermelon Variety Evaluation that Dr. Tim Coolong conducted in Tifton, Ga. This report contains a lot of useful information such as harvest times, total harvests, quality, weights,  etc., that allows growers to compare numerous watermelon varieties.  If you have any questions about the watermelon variety evaluation please contact the…

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  • Colquitt County Extension Upcoming Meetings/Events for 2016 Extension/Other Meetings Date Location 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 7-10, 2016  Savannah, Ga Area Melon Production Meeting Fri., Jan 15, 2016 @ 12:00 pm Tift County Extension Office Georgia Peanut Farm Show & Conference Thru., Jan 21, 2016 UGA Tifton Conference Center Ag Forecast…

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