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Aubrey Shirley, Tattnall County Extension Agent The 2025 Tattnall County production season will be starting soon. Our first scheduled meeting is the peanut meeting on January 24th, 2025 beginning at 8AM. Breakfast will be served and private and commercial pesticide credits will be available. Speakers will include Dr. Scott Tubbs, UGA Professor and peanut…
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Here is a blog post by Mrs. Pam Knox discussing some colder temperatures foretasted for our area. Over the last few days I have received several questions about media reports of much colder weather that is expected to move into the Southeast over the next couple of weeks. In many cases this has been tied…
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Disaster relief for farmers with a GATE card. This form is for eligible farmers with a current GATE card from the Georgia Department of Agriculture to apply for disaster relief. For additional resources, visit supportgeorgiafarmers.org. Important: This form cannot be saved and resumed later, so please be ready to complete and submit it in one session.…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, November 14, 2024Office of Communications404-656-3689Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Detected in Georgia ATLANTA, GA — Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the first detection of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula or SLF), an invasive planthopper that poses a serious risk to the…
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Here is a follow post from Dr. Lenny Wells speaking about the unusual low prices in pecans even with Georgia’s yield losses from Hurricane Helene. As I reported in my last blog post, the pecan market is puzzlingly dismal. Despite the loss of 1/3 of Georgia’s pecan crop to Hurricane Helene, and an overall 2024…
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Here is a blog post from Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist. The American Pecan Council recently contracted with Land IQ to complete an analysis of pecan losses due to Hurricane Helene using satellite imagery. The APC and Land IQ worked closely with UGA for ground-truthing and observational information related to damage in the affected…
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Here is a blog post from Dr. Lenny Wells speaking on RMA Tropical Storm/Hurricane Insurance The Georgia Pecan Growers Association recently held a meeting with USDA-Risk Management Agency to discuss the details of Hurricane Helene’s damage and what that means for growers regarding Tropical Storm and Hurricane Policies. Some great information came out of that…
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