Raymond Joyce

  • The premier issue of the Healthy Georgia Connections Newsletter is hot off the computer. The newsletter is produced by UGA Extension. Enjoy! To receive this newsletter directly to your email inbox, send your email address to uge3175@uga.edu

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  • Right now all UGA Extension offices are closed due to the COVID-19 virus. However, we are still working. Agents and staff are working from home. If you have a question or need to submit a soil sample, contact me by calling or texting my work cell phone number – 478-279-2293. You can also send me…

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  • Who is required to take this training? Any person who intends to use paraquat must be a certified applicator and is required to take the training. “Use” includes pre-application activities involving mixing and loading the pesticide; applying the pesticide; and other pesticide-related activities, including, but not limited to, transporting or storing opened pesticide containers, cleaning…

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  • Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) 2020 Trainings

    The schedule for the Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) 2020 trainings has been set. Only those who were not trained in 2019 are required to attend a 2020 training. Training Schedule

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  • To help you stay up on the weather, you should visit the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences weather network. Each station monitors air temperature, relative humidity, rainfall, solar radiation, wind speed, wind direction, soil temperature at 2, 4, and 8 inch depths, atmospheric pressure, and soil moisture every 1 second. Data are summarized at…

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  • The yield data from the 2019 UGA On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program has been released. For more information on the cotton variety evaluation program, contact the UGA Extension office in Laurens County. 2019 UGA On-Farm Cotton Variety Evaluation Program Yield Results

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  • Dr. Eric Prostko, Extension Weed Specialist, has released a two page handout with the 2020 Peanut/Field Corn/Soybean weed control recommendations.  For more information on weed control contact the UGA Extension office in Laurens County. 2020 Peanut/Field Corn/Soybean Weed Control Recommendations

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  • Only 3 more AgForecast Events

    2020 Series Schedule Dates, Locations and Registration: Price: each ticket for the event is $25 and includes a meal. Register online or to pay with a check please call 706-542-5046. Online registration will close three business days ahead of each event, and limited onsite registration is available. Schedule: (except for Tifton location) 9 a.m. On-site check-in and coffee…

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  • 2020 Crop Budgets are Available

    The 2020 Crop Budgets have been posted online. The Crop Comparison Tool has also been posted online. You can find them at this link. https://agecon.uga.edu/extension/budgets.html Contact me if you have any questions.

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  • Happy New Year!  I hope 2020 is great year for everyone! Here is the 2020 Laurens County Production Meeting Schedule.  Please be sure you call the Extension office and register for the meetings.  Pesticide recertification credits will be available. 2020 First Quarter ANR Commerical Meetings Schedule

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