Trainings/Classes posts
There will be a pecan beginners course held in Tifton on April 18 starting at 9:00am. It is $10 for preregistration and $15 at the door if there are spots available. The capacity of this course is 300 people. Here is the link where you can find more information and the link to register. http://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan/2017/02/2017-pecan-beginners-course/
The program for the course is found below:
9:00 Welcome
9:10 Cost of Pecan Production
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
9:30 Pecan Varieties
Patrick Conner, UGA Horticulture
10:15 Break
10:45 Pecan Irrigation
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
11:15 Pecan Tree Planting & Establishment
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
12:00 Break for Lunch
Meal Sponsored by Savage Equipment
1:00 Pecan Insect Management
Will Hudson, UGA Entomology
1:45 Pecan Fertilization
Lenny Wells, UGA Horticulture
2:30 Break
2:50 Pecan Disease Management
Jason Brock, UGA Plant Pathology
3:20 Pecan Weed Control
Timothy Grey, UGA Crop & Soil Science
4:00 Pecan Equipment
There will be a sheep and goat workshop at the Lowndes County Extension Office on March 18th starting at 9:45. Please contact Josh if you have any questions.
Brooks County Extension will be hosting a small ruminant animal production clinic on March 4th. The meeting will start at the Brooks County Ag Building for lunch then proceed to a local farm for onsite training. Please call the Brooks County Extension Office if interested. Below is the flyer.
There will be a beef short course in Irwinville on February 28th starting at 9:30 am. Below is the schedule. You can go online at http://ugabeef.com/ to register.
If you are a brassica grower, retailer or have brassica in a greenhouse, I highly encourage you to go to a diamondback moth update that is being held in Moultrie on February 23rd. Below is the schedule. Please RSVP to either of the numbers given so they can have a head count.
Colquitt County Extension Office
350 Veterans Parkway North
Moultrie, GA 31788
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM Registration and Refreshments
10:00 AM – 10:10 AM Welcome and Opening Comments
Jenna Brock, UGA Extension ANR Agent
Donna McMikle, DuPont
10:10 AM – 11:00 AM Diamondback Moth Control Update
Dr David Riley, UGA Vegetable Research Entomologist
Dr Stormy Sparks, UGA Vegetable Extension Entomologist
11:00 AM – 11:10 AM BREAK / DRAWING
Jenna Brock, UGA Extension ANR Agent
Donna McMikle, DuPont
11:10 AM – Noon DuPont Best Management Practices for Controlling DBM
Jeff Meredith, DuPont Product Dev Mgr
Stanley Royal, DuPont Dev Rep
NOON Closing Remarks
Jeff Meredith
DRAWINGS
Jenna and Donna
LUNCH
PESTICIDE CREDITS WILL BE AVAILABLE
PLEASE RSVP SO WE CAN PLAN ACCORDINGLY FOR LUNCH
JENNA BROCK (229) 921-1992
DONNA MCMIKLE (229) 881- 1171
We will be having a Row Crop Disease and Fertility production meeting Monday, February 6 at lunch starting at 12:00pm. Dr. Bob Kemerait and Dr. Glen Harris will be coming to talk. Please call the office at 229-333-5185 to RSVP. Look forward to seeing everyone there.
If you attended a training in 2015 or 2016 and are registered, you do not have to take the training again unless you would like. Growers will need to have this training if they would like to make applications of dicamba or 2, 4-D to dicamba or 2,4-D tolerant cotton or soybeans. It is suggested not just the grower but anyone who will be applying this technology to attend the training. Attached below are the dates and locations offered.
The 17th Annual Conservation Production Systems Training Conference/Workshop will be held in Douglas, Ga on January 31st and February 1st. Along with speakers there will be a field day demonstrating equipment. Registration is through the UGA Tifton Conference website. Below is the agenda and a picture of the registration form. If interested you can visit www.ugatiftonconference.org to register.
There will be a Satsuma Grower’s Fall Update at Lowndes County Extension Office on October 5, 2016 from 11:30 to 3:00. The meeting with cover information on testing fruit quality, an update on HLB and the GA Citrus Association. Registration is $15 and will cover lunch. Please RSVP by October 3rd by calling the office at 229-333-5185.
