Cotton
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From a correspondence from Dr. Adam Rabinowitz, UGA Extension Economist: UGA Ag Econ Extension has three new publications related to the ARC/PLC decision process. These publications are designed to help producers and landowners with base acres make informed decisions related to the 2018 Farm Bill. Remember, the first deadline with FSA is March 15, 2020.…
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With 2020 only 44 days away, our office is working to finalize the suite of production meetings for next year. Here is the schedule thus far, we’ve to set dates for our row crop meetings: Please RSVP for each individual meeting by calling our office at: 229-276-2613. More details to come including catering info and…
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At the time of writing, rain is falling consistently for the first time in weeks. With slower rainfall, the extended duration of this event, than say a summer afternoon soaker more water will infiltrate our soils….less run off. So much could be said about this rain. Depending on its duration and intensity the next few…
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Yesterday saw great information being shared among producers, crop insurance agents, FSA- and UGA- representatives at the joint producer meeting in Tifton. The conversations were civil though some frustrations remained about the delay in ECP payments as well as the intricacies of payment for pecan yeild loss & damage under WHIP/WHIP+. This meeting will be…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Economics, Forage/Pasture, Forestry/Timber/Pines, Grains/Small Grain, Livestock, Peanuts, Pecans, Soybeans, Vegetables, Weather -
A joint meeting between FSA and UGA will be held in in seven different locations between Oct 8-11th to talk about three major government support programs. At these production meetings representatives from both organizations will be on hand to answer questions about WHIP+, MFP and ARC/PLC. Flyer with locations and times below: Dr. Adam Rabinowitz,…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Economics, Forestry/Timber/Pines, Livestock, Peanuts, Pecans, Vegetables, Weather -
Even though this is late, as many acres of cotton have already been sprayed and bales have been processed at our two gins, I wanted to make these two defoliation slides available because I’ve had questions from Crisp Co producers about UGA recommendations on rates and chemicals. The slides below mention many herbicides y’all may…
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Our Crisp Co Extension office was fortunate enough to be allotted one of the 24 UGA internship positions this past summer. All of these internships consisted of students from CAES, ABAC, GA Southern U & others institutions being paired up with an Extension agent for 12 weeks. The greatest advantage participating students walk away with…
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As with Irma, hurricane Michael has spurred an allocation of money, $3 billion, to be distributed as disaster relief. Dubbed the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+), this package was passed months ago and the details of its timeline as well as eligibility were announced about 1.5 weeks ago. Crop losses, including bush, vines…
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UGA conducts annual in-field assessments on varieties of many important commodities including our row crops and winter cover crops. This information assists producers in making planting choices based on maturity date, height, weight, bloom date and yield averages. Below is a link to the SVT home page. Once there, click on the hyperlinked “winter crop”…