UGA Extension Cook County

Reminders will be mailed closer to these meetings.  Pesticide credits will be available. Peanut Production Update Date: Monday, January 7, 2019 Time: 12 Noon Location: Cook Co Extension Office Meeting Room Speakers: UGA Peanut Specialists Scott Montfort, Mark Abney, Amanda Smith Tobacco Production Update Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019 Time:…
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“Growers Must Adapt to an Evolving Pecan Industry – Lenny Wells This has been a year for a lot of sobering thought for Georgia pecan growers. We’ve had to deal with a lot. Trade wars, scab pressure, catastrophic storms, and perhaps most frustrating of all, depressed prices in the wake…
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Pre Register by Dec 21 at 912-632-5601.
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Ideal Post Emergence Timing of Herbicides Relatives to Wheat Development in Georgia Early Wheat Growth – Tillers Ag Forecast Meeting in Tifton Friday, February 1, Tifton, Tifton Campus Conference Center More Information and To Register   Hessian Fly in Wheat You hear about this a lot when selecting wheat varieties…
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Here is a summary of results from Cook County Peanut Fungicide Trial this year.  Please call me if you would like more information on this trial or would like to dig deeper into this data.  Tucker Price 229-507-8862 PRODUCTION DATA PROTOCOL WHITE MOLD RATING COMPARISON YIELD COMPARISON PROFIT COMPARISON
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“Farm Management – Spanning the Generational Gap” This meeting in Cook County (targeting new or beginning farmers) will cover basic farm management, financial management, funding opportunities for producing new or traditional commodities, managing labor. Cook County Extension Office – Meeting Room Thursday, November 8 9 AM – 12 Noon RSVP…
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Agriculture Disaster Assistance Information Session for Producers If you missed this meeting in Tifton Monday, you can see slides presented and other information presented at this LINK. Are You Eligible to Collect Crop Insurance if You Do Not Harvest Your (Pecan) Crop? Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist In the wake…
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From UGA Plant Disease Specialist Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Like they say, “no rest for the weary.”  It looked like we were going to be able to get out of this with fairly dry weather and then here comes the potential for a tropical storm.  If the path of the storm…
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Pecan Crop Maturity and Leaf Senescence Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist The 2018 pecan crop is virtually made. Every nut I have cut of every variety I have looked at over the last two weeks is full of kernel. By the middle of last week, in addition to Pawnee, which…
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