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Wiley Ross Greene

  • Lawn Burweed Prevention: It’s Now or Never!!!

    Go ahead and spray your lawn now or you might be sorry when it warms up. Lawn burweed is an awful weed to have in your lawn around the end of April. These are the ones that make thousands of little stickers that are very painful. By making a herbicide application now you can save…

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  • The Candler-Evans peanut production meeting is coming up this Friday January 27, 2023 at the Metter Recreation Department. The meeting will start at 8 am so come join us for breakfast and then we will have presentations from our specialist afterwards. Please RSVP so that we can make sure we have plenty of food for…

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  • Candler/Evans Production Meetings 2023

    The 2023 production meetings are right around the corner. Please call the Evans or Candler County office to RSVP if you wish to attend any of these meetings so we can make arrangements for the food. Candler County Office Number – 912-685-2408 Evans County Office Number – 912-739-1292

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  • Candler County Farm Tour 2022

    The Candler County Farm Tour took place last Wednesday November 2, 2022 in Metter, GA. The tour was put together by a collaboration of the the Candler County Extension Office, Candler County Farm Bureau, and the Metter-Candler Chamber of Commerce. There were approximately 50 participants in the farm tour this year that were comprised of…

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  • Local Corn Plot 2022 Yield Data

    A corn variety trial was planted in Evans County by Stephen Bell with the help of Candler/Evans County ANR Agent Ross Greene on April 13, 2022. The variety trial was located at Bell Farms off of HWY 169 just south of Bellville, GA . The trial consisted of ten different corn varieties from different seed…

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  • Armyworms: Better Scout Your Hayfields

    I had heard a few reports of some armyworms around, and so I went to check a few hay fields and found some. They were for the most part extremely small, but a few large ones scattered here and there. The populations I found were in the 1-2 worms per square foot range so nothing…

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  • Upcoming Vidalia Onion Variety Meeting

    The Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center is hosting an onion variety review meeting with results from the Vidalia Onion Variety Trial. The purpose of this meeting is to give growers the information they need from the Variety Trial before they place their seed orders for the upcoming crop year. The meeting will be held…

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  • Local Dryland Cotton Plots

    Two local cotton plots have been planted for the 2022 crop season. The Candler-Evans County ANR Agent Ross Greene cooperated with Bird Farms of Metter, GA and Gray Rogers Farm of Claxton, GA to plant two dryland cotton plots in fields that were considered to be sandy soils. The objective of these cotton trials is…

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  • Upcoming Pecan Field Day @ VOVRC

    Andrew Sawyer, the Southeast District Pecan Agent, is hosting a Pecan Field day out at the Vidalia Onion Research Center. The Vidalia Onion Research Center is located at 8163 Ga Hwy 178 Lyons, GA 30436 just past Rogers State Prison between Reidsville and Lyons. Lunch will be served so please RSVP to assist with food…

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  • Plan Ahead Before Planting Pines

    Are you planning to plant pine trees this coming year? If so you need to go ahead and start preparing now to ensure that you are fully prepared to get your trees planted. This is a large investment of money and time that needs to well planned and thought out. When a land owner plants…

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