Fayette County Extension

Hope you enjoy this article by Norman Winter – he’s right, you’ll want every daffodil bloom once you open the catalog.  What beauties! Narcissus: The Official Trumpets of Spring Bring Incredible Joy Norman Winter Home › News › Feb 2017 Monday, February 13th, 2017 The first hint of spring is…
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Article written by:  Abigail Taylor January 26, 2017 Dan Egel, an Extension vegetable pathologist at Purdue University, recently spoke at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference about issues with Fusarium wilt in watermelon transplants. He also discussed his yearly greenhouse trial on watermelon and Fusarium wilt. Since watermelon need…
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Good article – Phillip Brannen, UGA Plant Pathologist; written by Abigail Taylor         January 31, 2017 Phillip Brannen, an Extension plant pathologist with the University of Georgia, recently spoke on the significance of orange cane blotch in blackberries and action to take to control this disease. Orange cane blotch, or orange…
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A great article by our own Paul, Pugliese, UGA Cooperative Extension Paul Pugliese, UGA Cooperative Extension, Thursday, January 26th, 2017   Late January and early February are great times to plant cool-season vegetables. Many gardeners gave up on planting a fall vegetable garden last year due to the exceptional drought conditions….
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Who says “Eat Mo Chicken”?  The beef industry hit a 50 billion pound record in 2016! BrownField AgNews Monday, January 23rd, 2017 U.S. red meat and pork production hit record monthly levels in December. Beef came out at 2.173 billion pounds, up 6%, with a monthly slaughter of 2.612 million…
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Interesting article for cattle producers (and cattle lovers like me). Cows Eating Candy: U.S. Cattle Eat the Oddest Things Lynne Hayes, Growing America Monday, January 23rd, 2017 When a huge box of red Skittles on the back of a flatbed broke open and spilled across a highway in Wisconsin last week,…
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National News from the Associated Press & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service January 11, 20175:21 PM ET Merrit Kennedy The U.S. has designated the rusty patched bumblebee an endangered species. Sarina Jepsen/AP The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has designated the rusty patched bumblebee an endangered species — the first…
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Hope you enjoy this article by Lynne Hayes, Growing America, January 16, 2017 Purple is the new green for 2017.  Not on department store racks—in the ground. Produce predictions indicate that “purple everything,” from asparagus to cauliflower to sweet potatoes, will be in demand by consumers this year. To find out…
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This interesting information was taken from USDA material. GAPMC Jimmy Carter Plant Materials Center (GAPMC) Serving areas in the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee Established: 1936 Size: 327 acres PMC Operation: NRCS Land Ownership: NRCS Contact GAPMC Staff Location Map The Jimmy Carter Plant…
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