Recent Posts

• Changes in Private Pesticide Licensing

  April 10, 2017

  Changes are on the horizon for folks that have, or want to, get a private pesticide license.

  Posted in: Chemical

• Enlist Spray Tip Demo

  April 3, 2017

  Check out this flyer for info on the Enlist Spray Tip Demo:

  Posted in: Chemical, Meetings and Field Days

• Avian Influenza in Georgia

  March 27, 2017

  A commercial breeding flock in Chattooga County has tested positive for H7 presumptive low pathogenic avian influenza. Please see the press release from the Georgia Department of Agriculture:

  Posted in: Poultry

• Forage Update

  March 16, 2017

  Late winter considerations

  Posted in: Cattle, Fertilizer, Forages

• Jeff Davis Extension and Young Farmers – Cattle Vaccination and Handling

  March 13, 2017

  Join us on March 21st for a Cattle Workshop.

  Posted in: Cattle, Meetings and Field Days

• Public Comments on Pyrethroid Insecticides Requested

  January 24, 2017

  Posted in: Cattle, Chemical, Corn, Cotton, Forages, Peanut, Soybean

• UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center

  January 14, 2017

  Check Out the Tifton Campus Conference Center for Upcoming Agriculture Meetings !!

  Posted in: Cotton, Meetings and Field Days, Peanut

• UGA Forage Team Newsletter

  January 13, 2017

    You may view this newsletter and more on the Forage Team’s Blog: Forage Team Newsletter Volume 4-Issue 4 January 2017

  Posted in: Uncategorized

• 2017 Wheeler & Telfair County Production Meetings

  January 13, 2017

  DATE                                      MEETING                                                          LOCATION                                              TIME   Thurs  Jan 12-                  Cotton Production                                            Southern Star Grill- McRae                               6:00 pm Wed Jan 25-                    Ag Economics- Livestock                                  Southern Star Grill- McRae                              12:00 noon Thurs Jan 26-                 Corn Production                                                  Southern Star Grill- McRae                             12:00 noon Fri Jan 27-                       Fruit & Vegetable Production                           Southern…

  Posted in: Cattle, Chemical, Corn, Cotton, Fertilizer, Forages, Meetings and Field Days, Peanut, Soybean, Uncategorized, Weed Control

• 2017 UGA and GA Dept. of Ag. Required Trainings for Applying Auxin Herbicides in Auxin-Tolerant Technologies

  January 12, 2017

  Cotton and soybean varieties with tolerance to auxin herbicides (2,4-D or dicamba) are being commercialized. Prior to making applications of dicamba to dicamba-tolerant cotton/soybean or 2,4-D to 2,4-D-tolerant cotton/soybeans in Georgia, growers will be required to attend the training “Using Pesticides Wisely”.

  Posted in: Chemical, Cotton, Soybean, Weed Control