Livestock

  • Every Tues, 6-8p, Jan 10-Feb 28th 2023 in Albany – please see flyer below for more info and course details. Online registration at: https://t.uga.edu/8AT, and/or call (229) 436-7216.

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  • Hurricane Ian Update

    Take home on peanuts and cotton: On peanuts, Dr. Scott Monfort:  “Only dig the risky fields from disease, poor stem strength etc, over mature with nuts coming loose in hull. If vines are healthy leave them in the ground until the storm passes.” On cotton, Dr. Camp Hand:  “If your crop has been defoliated in…

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  • Longleaf workshop in Statesboro – Oct 11-12: Tifton Bull Test Entry Deadline – September 1st: UGA Site: https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/live-animal-programs/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers.html Cotton “Tiger Striping:” Cylindrocladium Black Rot (CBR) on Peanuts: Bob K: “Best management of CBR occurs using PROPULSE in-furrow at planting. The most important management strategy now later in the season is to avoid moving contaminated soil…

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  • Most of y’all are not the target audience for these two (August exclusive) opportunities but please forward to anyone you might know who would benefit: Tick Webinar Symposium August 23rd and 24th from Noon – 3:45 p.m. EDT Register for the two-day webinar symposium for free! Join the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and U.S. Department…

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  • “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 & Wool at georgiasheep@gmail.com.”

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  • Avian Influenza Update

    19 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SWAtlanta, GA 30334www.agr.georgia.gov Find us on Facebook • Follow on Twitter: @GDAFoodSafety •@GeorgiaGrown  Press ReleaseFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWednesday, February 16, 2022Office of Communications404-656-3689 Suspension of Certain Poultry and Feathered Fowl Activities Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has been identified in commercial poultry operations and a backyard flock in Indiana, Kentucky, and Virginia. There have…

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  • Beef Cattle Events

    Turner County Extension will have Dr. Lawton Stewart speak about cattle nutrition at their beef cattle production meeting. See their schedule below. RSVP’s are asked for at 229-567-3448. Also, Dr. Francine Henry will be hosting a Better Beef Systems Field Day down in Tifton, April 5 from 8a-2:30p. Please see flyer below with registration info:…

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  • UGA Ag Forecast 2022

    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 found here: https://agecon.uga.edu/extension/budgets.html 

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  • UGA Beef Team Tips: Cows, yearlings and calves may need as much as 20% more energy supply when temps drop and/or conditions are wet. Weight loss, reduced gains and poor conception can occur with long enough duration of cold, wet temperatures without proper management changes.  Cows within 60 days postpartum are at highest need for…

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  • There is a $10 fee for online registration and the in-person fee is $20 (includes breakfast). Program Here: Agenda below: 2022 Agenda January 28th, 2022 7:30 am       Registration and light breakfast 8:30 am       2022 Georgia Ag Forecast begins Welcome — Mike Toews, Assistant Dean, UGA Tifton Campus UGA CAES Remarks — Nick Place, Dean, UGA…

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