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  • 2018 UGA Ag Budgets

    Please find the budgets discussed today at the Ag Econ Meeting at the link below. The strip till (conservation tillage) and conventional tillage budgets for irrigated and non-irrigated are located within the Row Crop Comparison Tool. Call your county agent if you have any questions with the budgets. https://www.caes.uga.edu/departments/ag-econ/extension/budgets.html

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  • Check out this blog from Levi Russell, our Extension Livestock Economist. The information comes from ag tax lawyers, so it is accurate and provides a good place for you to start to evaluate what you need to talk to your accountant about. https://site.extension.uga.edu/aaecext/2018/01/2017-tax-reform-law-and-agriculture/

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  • The wheels are in motion to assist cotton farmers on the legislative side. See the info from Don Shurley:

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  • 2018 Corn Short Course

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  • We have the 2018 Production Meetings Scheduled. There may be a couple more added later on as we get requests for other topics or things come up that need to be addressed.

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  • Census of Agriculture

    Be on the lookout for mail from the United States Department of Agriculture! I know all of us hate to do surveys but low input and inaccurate numbers will affect your bank account in the long run.

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  • All Wheeler County Production Meetings are located at Southern Star Grill on Hwy 341 in McRae, Georgia unless otherwise noted above. Please RSVP the day before the meeting. Call 912-568-7138 or email uge4309@uga.edu.  

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  • GACAA The 2017 Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA) annual meeting and professional improvement conference was held in Columbus at the beginning of the month. I competed in the applied research poster competition with research conducted with the Laurens County Agent, Raymond Joyce. We won our competition for our work with creep feeding calves…

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  • Earlier this week I had the opportunity to travel to Columbus Georgia for the GACAA State Meeting. I would like to share a few highlights with you.

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  • Over the last couple of years there have been many peanut farmers who have taken significant financial loss from Seg. 2 peanuts.

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