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Farming

  • Journeyman Farmer participants on a farm tour

    Across the United States and in Georgia, the number of small and medium–sized farms are declining and the average age of farmers is on the rise. We need new farmers, but the barriers potential farmers face when trying to grow new agricultural businesses from the ground up can be challenging. UGA Extension has developed the Journeyman…

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  • Soil test bag

    Number of subsamples A composite soil sample is made up of a number of individual subsamples taken at random over a given area. The purpose of this is to minimize the variability that exists. This variation may have been caused by previous lime and fertilizer applications or slight soil variations. If an insufficient number of…

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