Jennifer
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Weather permitting; we will be holding a Cover Crop & Small Grains Meeting on Thursday, September 14th at the Jeff Davis Extension Office. This will be a breakfast meeting beginning at 7:30am. Please give us a call or send me a text to let me know if you plan to attend so I can arrange…
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With Hurricane Irma on it’s way many of us are preparing ourselves for dangerous weather. You can check out our Extension Emergency Preparedness Webpage for more details: https://extension.uga.edu/topic-areas/timely-topics/emergencies.html
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2017 UGA Cotton & Peanut Research Field Day set for Wednesday, September 6th. See the agenda for details and registration information.
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With the 2014 farm bill, cotton base on a farm became Generic Base. If you’ll recall, cotton base on a farm was frozen (could not be increased or decreased) but all other bases on the farm (bases of “covered commodities” like corn, soybeans, peanuts, wheat, etc.) could be retained as is or reallocated based on…
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I will be holding Peanut Hull Scrape Clinics at Davis Farm & Garden on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. until noon beginning on August 22nd.
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Over the last 3 weeks I have looked at fields in various stages of Silverleaf Whitefly infestation. I have met on-farm with many of you and hope that you have received the message that your cotton fields need to be monitored for whiteflies and that your pest control measures should be well thought out. In…
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2017 Field Day at the Southeast Research and Education Center August 9, 2017
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Background and Summary of Recent Cotton Policy Developments Don Shurley – Cotton Economist/Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Under the 2014 farm bill, cotton is not a “covered commodity” and not eligible for the ARC and PLC programs. Cotton’s “safety net” is STAX but STAX has not been as well utilized and accepted by growers as…
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So the last post on “Where in Jeff Davis County” got some talk but I got no calls. Jeff Davis County residents don’t be shy! Call our office at 912-375-6648 and let me know if you recognize the place in the picture.
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It has been quite an unusual year. We have had good rainfall and few pest and disease issues thus far this growing season. But now we are beginning to encounter a pest that we do not normally pay any attention to in our area of the state. Whiteflies!