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Colquitt County Ag Report

News, events, and happenings in Colquitt County agriculture.

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  • SOUTHEAST GEORGIA PECAN UPDATE

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  • Colquitt County Ag Update 6-19-20

    There has been a few things going on this week in cotton, corn, hay and peanuts. Lets discuss plant bugs, snails, southern rust, bermudagrass stem maggots and a new insecticide label in peanut. Cotton:  The area cotton crop ranges from just emerging to 10-12 nodes.  Producers are sidedressing, applying herbicides and pgr’s.  Topics that came…

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  • Marketing your Georgia Grown Produce Through eCommerce

    During the COVID-19 Pandemic, expanding your online capabilities is crucial to business continuity. Join us and Georgia Grown on June 17 for an #eCommerce workshop featuring #smallbiz experts from the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center! Reserve your spot today at https://bit.ly/3dDJsZ9

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  • Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops

    Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops Webinar Wednesday June 10, 2020 2:30 – 4:00 PM Hosted by Andre DeSilva – Vegetable Production SpecialistGuest Seaker – Angelos Deltsidis, PhD Postharvest Specialist This webinar will cover proper harvesting management of many Georgia grown vegetables Webinar link: https://zoom.us/j/94796290490 Thank you for your time,…

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  • UGA Extension Healthy Georgia Connections

    In this issue: Prepare food safely to avoid foodborne illness  Preventing termites in Georgia homes Healthy nutrition and physical activity habits at home Thank you for your time, Jeremy M. KichlerColquitt County ExtensionCounty Extension Coordinator350 Veterans ParkwayBuilding 1, Rm 132Moultrie, GA 31788p: 229-921-1977e: jkichler@uga.edu

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  • LANDSCAPE HARMONY WEBINAR

    Looking for some practical guidance on how to care for your landscape? Join us via Zoom https://zoom.us/j/92512348634 for the next UGA Extension Webinar LIVE on Thursday, June 4 at 10:30 a.m. Hosted by the UGA Center for Urban Agriculture.

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  • UGA Extension helps Georgia Grown connect to consumers

    By Maria M. Lameiras for CAES News Like the moments before a race begins, dozens of staff with Georgia Grown and University of Georgia Cooperative Extension prepared to load thousands of pounds of fresh fruit and vegetables into hundreds of waiting cars and trucks stretched out in long lines at the Gwinnett Georgia Grown to Go event in…

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  • CAES faculty innovate in virtual instruction during COVID-19 crisis

    By Maria M. Lameiras for CAES News From field to stream-ing, University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences faculty members had to quickly transition to remote course delivery after spring break. Learn how these seven faculty members tackled distance learning: Professor Nick Fuhrman, Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication; Assistant Professor Jillian Bohlen, Department of…

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  • UGA helps produce growers with water quality calculations and education

    By Josh Paine for CAES News An online tool developed by the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences is helping produce growers assess their water quality and prepare for increased testing requirements. Uttam Saha, a program coordinator at the UGA Agricultural and Environmental Services Labs, developed an online calculator and simulator to help educate farmers…

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  • UGA releases new muscadine variety, ‘RubyCrisp’

    By Sadie Lackey for CAES News From late summer into fall, Southerners start looking for muscadines — a popular grape native to the Southeastern U.S. Selections run from the dark purple, thick-skinned traditional muscadine to a light golden-green variety. Soon, growers and consumers can add a new red variety to the mix. The University of Georgia College of…

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