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  • Check out the flyer below for this year’s Midville Virtual Field Day! The event will be taking place via ZOOM on August 12th at 9:30 am. If you are interested in signing up and being a part of this event follow the link on the flyer, or reach out to Aubrey or myself to get…

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  •   Erosion can be serious business and as the saying goes an ounce of prevention is worth pound of cure.  Here is a good article written by one of UGA’s Water Educators, David Hall describing one preventive measure to  help mitigate erosion by using grassed waterways. Well maintained grassed waterway designed and constructed to carry…

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  • Many acres of peanuts have recently been planted in our area during the past several weeks.  Peanuts can be somewhat drought tolerant, but good irrigation management can result in substantial yield increases.  Below is a peanut irrigation schedule from the University of Georgia.  The 1.5 inches per week irrigation schedule is recommended for when available water…

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