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Hope y’all had a wonderful Christmas, New Year’s, and holiday season overall! Now in 2020 I want to share the final list of production meetings in and around Crisp Co. Below you’ll find a flyer with meetings listed. Many of y’all will be getting this schedule in the mail too. Please RSVP to each meeting…
Posted in: Cotton, Disease, Economics, Fertility, Forage/Pasture, Insect, Pecans, Soybeans, Watermelon, Weed Science -
By: Rome Ethredge Wheat for Grain I looked at several wheat fields today that were planted for grain and they look pretty good. Some have good growth and are tillering well ( remember more tillers = more future grain heads) and some have just begun to tiller but look ok. I was looking hard for…
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By: Rome Ethredge Weeds in Wheat Now is an opportune time, although too late for this year, to see where a spray of post emergent herbicide or two around planting time really will help with weed control. Last week I was in a wheat field where the grower hopes to have a good crop with…
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“UGA Extension agents are uniquely positioned to raise awareness about rural stress and mental health concerns for Georgia farmers.” – A truth UGA Extension is starting to embrace and a statement leading into a compassionate article by Clint Thompson which highlights Extension’s beginning efforts to start these tough conversations about mental health in the agricultural…
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For more information about the GWA and/or for the complete schedule of events for the 2020 annual meeting visit this site: https://associationdatabase.com/aws/GWA/pt/sp/convention If you’re interested in attending 2020’s meeting please register here. Thanks. Best Wishes, Joshua Grant
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There were over 30 UPW trainings last year for producers/applicators of the new auxin technologies to meet the federal label requirements for chemicals such as the dicamba products (Engenia, FeXapan, and XtendiMax) in GA. For more info (labels, attendance lists from last year’s meetings, and to check your status) click this GDA link: https://agr.georgia.gov/24c.aspx As…
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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 and maybe sprayed herbicide, a…
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Andrew Sawyer, UGA SE District Area Pecan Agent, has just released his last electronic updates for 2019 by publishing the December issue of the SE GA Pecan Update Newsletter. Below find links to both this months and November’s Newsletters along with a link to a radio interview with Dr. Tim Brenneman looking back on Scab…
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Below you’ll find a news release from the Georgia Forestry Commission announcing that the Hurricane Clean-Up time has been extended along with the State Timber Tax Credit deadline.
Posted in: Forestry/Timber/Pines
