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  • Registration is now open for the 2021 Virtual Peanut Production Meetings. You must register to view and participate. To register click on the link or picture below. You choose the meeting date that fits your schedule and enter your information. A confirmation email will be delivered to you after registration. Then, on the day of…

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  • Corn

    Registration information for the Corn/Soybean Meetings are included in this post.

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  • UGA Extension Production Meetings will be held via Zoom this year in light of COVID restrictions. We hope to return to an in-person format in 2022.  Private and Commercial Pesticide Credits will be offered. We will receive information with: zoom links, agendas and pesticide credit info at a later date. Contact our office with your…

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  • Year End COVID 19 Survey #2

    This week the Georgia Department of Agriculture will announce the release of a second “Impact of COVID-19 on Agriculture Survey”. The Center for Agribusiness and Economic Development faculty have modified and updated the first survey that was released in May 2020. Their hope is that farmers can now place some economic impact perspective for the…

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  • Wheat Planting is near: Check out the Production Guide and Weed Control sheet from UGA.

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  • Cotton Defoliation

    Defoliating cotton is an art. Each year presents different challenges. Once the field reaches 75% open bolls or 4 or less nodes above the upper cracked boll it is time to pull the trigger. Cotton Defoliants each have a different job. Most farmers have a general “recipe” that they use for defoliation. If you have…

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  • Hay and Forage Events

    Here are a few events coming up online and in person for hay and forage producers:

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  • Cotton Irrigation Termination

    Cotton Irrigation Termination Decisions David Hall, Extension Water Educator, Cale Cloud, Extension Water Agent, and Wesley Porter, Extension Precision Ag and Irrigation Specialist: As we approach the end of the growing season we are around 12 to 16 weeks after planting at the beginning of September based on a May 1 to June 1 planting.…

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  • This survey on Agriculture Stress has been sent by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. To participate scan the QR Code in this post or visit the link.If you have questions about it you can contact: Madison Cahill at Madison.Cahill@agr.georgia.gov, Coralis Rodriguez Morales at Coralis.Rodriguez-Morales@agr.georgia.gov, or Venessa Sims at Venessa.Sims@agr.georgia.gov.

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