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Colquitt County Ag Report

News, events, and happenings in Colquitt County agriculture.

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  • 2016 Vegetable Fungicide Spray Guides

    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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  • 2016 Colquitt County Corn Variety Trial

    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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  • Think About Hay Storage!!

    Below is an article about Hay Storage, by Jeremy Kichler, Colquitt County Extension agent, that was used in the March 2016 UGA Forage Team Newsletter. Hay is a big expense for cattle operations and keeping the expense down requires hay to be stored efficiently and cost effectively. A lot of hay harvested in Georgia is…

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  • 2016 Pecan Meeting

    Colquitt County Extension partners with Colquitt’s Young Farmers Association to host 2016 Pecan Update Date: Tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Colquitt County Extension Office Guest Speaker: Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist Please RSVP: Call (229)616-7455

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  • 2016 Cotton Enterprise Budgets

    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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  • 2016 University of Georgia and Georgia Department of Agriculture Required Classroom Trainings for Applying Auxin Herbicides in Auxin-Tolerant Technologies

    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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  • Managing Ambrosia Beetles in Pecan Trees

    Early February is a good time to start managing for ambrosia beetles. Normally, beetle damage is worse on young trees from newly planted to 6 yrs old. So growers who planted trees this year should check newly planted trees closely for signs of damage by ambrosia beetles (toothpick-like sawdust tubes sticking out of attack holes…

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  • I’m putting out High-Mag mineral, but cows are still going down?

    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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