“There will be a Sheep Workshop & Farm Tour on April 30th in DuPont, GA! Come learn about forages in South Georgia, NRCS grants, and marketing your wool! Pre-register at https://gasheepandwool.org/event-4748190 This workshop is FREE for current Georgia Sheep Association members and only $10 for non-members. Questions? Email GA Sheep &…
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Held in Tifton, GA last month – this event had its main sessions recorded – of which row crops, forestry, horticulture, and livestock/poultry can be found below. The ag forecast report document can be found here: https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/ Also, the updated crop comparison tool as well as commodity budgets can be…
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Acreage reporting for most crops is due by July 15th to the FSA, but a new program, the Pandemic Cover Crop Program (PCCP), has a reporting deadline of Jun 15th – tomorrow. Amanda Smith, UGA Ag Economist explains: “PCCP provides premium support to producers who insured their spring cash crop…
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Summer field days and Ag meetings throughout the state have moved online over the past few months. Below are a few past/future viewing opportunities. Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville Virtual Field Day 2020 About 2hours, topics with time stamps below: Implementation of Variable Rate Irrigation – Wes Porter…
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The Virtual Midville Field Day will be held on Wednesday, August 12 at 9:30 am. Participants will be awarded 2 hours commercial/private pesticide credit and Certified Crop Advisor CEU’s. To recieve either of these, participants must be pre-registered before 9:30am that day via link below. Also, view flyer below for…
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From Amanda Smith, UGA Ag & Applied Economics: “The 2020 Row Crop Budgets have been posted online along with the 2020 Row Crop Comparison Tool. Remember that these budgets are an estimate of costs for the upcoming year. We advise farmers to adjust the numbers to reflect their actual prices…
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By: Rome Ethredge Ratooned Grain Sorghum Harvested milo will regrow new grain heads with soil moisture and heat. This field has harvested on Sept 1 and then just left and nothing more done except some strips mowed. It regrew stalks and heads and produced some grain. If grower had fertilized…
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With representatives in each District of the state, the Forage Team’s (consisting of Agents and Specialists) Newsletters cover a wide range of relevant topics. Below is a summary of what is included in this month’s edition: Be a good hay shopper – Charotte Meeks, Houston CEA Should I burn my…
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Five meetings, five locations, and a multitude of guest speakers will allow this upcoming year’s Ag Forecast to create a larger discussion than ever before as we head into much uncertainty with GA’s number one industry. Highlights about the meetings: Jeffrey Dorfman, the state fiscal economist for Georgia, to serve…
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By: Rome Ethredge Happy Thanksgiving!! Here’s a link to a story concerning the first county agent – Squanto and corn. https://montana.growingamerica.com/features/2018/06/what-i-learned-squanto Fertilizing Wheat Preplant Nitrogen fertilizer will depend mostly on what was just harvested from the field this season. Below are recommended N amounts: Cotton – 35 to 40 lbs/ac Corn or…
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