November 2019
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The Tift County Extension Office would like you all a very Happy Thanksgiving! We hope you all enjoy the time with your family. Eat lots of turkey and pie. If you have any pecan or chocolate pie leftover and are unsure of what to do with it, we would gladly accept your donation. Oh, and…
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The weekly updates my soon be put on hold for the next few months. About everything but vegetables is slowing down. I’ve talked to several of you that have finished up and have finally found some time to hit the deer woods. We are currently working on getting the production meetings set up. I am…
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For the most part, the market hasn’t been bad this fall. It started to pick up in late summer after the initial freakout period over the Tyson plant fire in Kansas. Now it is nowhere near the levels of 2014-2015 but those numbers likely won’t be seen for a little while. The market did dip…
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New research has predicted a possible El Niño event for next year. Now, this is the first time that scientist has used this new method but it predicts an 80% chance of an El Niño occurrence in 2020. Why do I care about El Niño weather patterns? To the south, an El Niño means a…
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For all of you wheat growers, here is the 2020 Wheat Production Guide. It has all the updated varieties and performance data. 2019-2020-Wheat-Production-Guide
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Applications are out for the 2020 Outstanding Young Peanut Farmer Award. If you would like to apply I would encourage you to do so. If you need any help with your application please let me know, I would be glad to help. Andrew Grimes is a previous winner of this award. Applications need to be…
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I came across this article this morning. It is an interesting read on how food flows between counties in the U.S. There are 9 counties in the U.S that are the most critical to the food supply network and 6 of them are in California. If something were to happen in California it could disrupt…
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If you weren’t at the barn then you missed a wild and fun hog sale Tuesday night. We had several hogs sell for $10-$11 a pound. I know the kids were overly excited. Thanks to all of you who did come and support the kids, they have really worked hard all year on those hogs.…