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Do you have livestock? Do you have planted pines? Do you have pecan orchards for commercial use? Do you have blueberries, blackberries, olive trees, citrus trees? The USDA has 6 programs available to provide disaster relief from Hurrican Helene Damage. Please get in touch with your local USDA office to sign up for assistance. The…
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Please contact the Evans or Candler County Extension Office to reserve your plate for the breakfast. Evans Office – 912-739-1292 Candler Office – 912-685-2408
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The Southeast GA Citrus Update will be held on August 9, 2024 at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. The meeting will start at 9:30 with speakers indoors and then a tour of the research orchard after lunch. Please RSVP to reserve your lunch plate by calling the Tattnall or Evans County Extension Offices.…
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We will be hosting a local food plot workshop at the GGIC in Metter, GA on August 28, 2024. Please RSVP to ensure that you recieve a plate for lunch. Bob and I did this program virtually back in 2021 and it was a really great program.
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We plan to host a Cattle Update for Candler, Evans, and surrounding counties. This meeting is free for anyone that would like to attend. Please RSVP ahead of time to reserve a plate for lunch. We have a great panel of speakers lined up so please come join us at the Georgia Grown Innovation Center…
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Don’t forget about attending the Using Pesticides Wisely Training for our area this Thursday March 14 at 9am. The training will be held at the Nesmith Lane Performing Arts Center on the Georgia Southern University Campus. No registration is required. This training is required for all applicators of dicamba products over-the-top of soybeans and cotton.…
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There are several local oppurtunities to attend the upcoming Using Pesticides Wisely training. The closest opprutunity for Candler-Evans growers will probably be the Bulloch County, Emanuel County, or Toombs County meetings. I am listing those dates below and please refer to the list above for locations and other meeting oppurtunities. Bulloch County – March 14…
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Here the preliminary results of the statewide cotton variety plots for 2023. Link to Online PDF Click Here
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Two local cotton plots were planted in the 2023 crop season. The Candler-Evans County ANR Agent Ross Greene cooperated with Bird Farms of Metter, GA and Mark Glisson of Claxton, GA to plant two dryland cotton plots in fields that were considered to be on sandy soils. The objective of these cotton trials is to…
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Please contact the Evans or Candler Extension office to RSVP. If you have please contact Ross Greene at wgreene5@uga.edu or 912-690-0363. Evans County Extension Office – 912-739-1292 Candler County Extension Office – 912-685-2408