November 2020
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Tift County Extension Office. We hope you and your family enjoy the holiday and please remember to save room for pie, I forget every year.
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Not much cotton was picked this week because of the rain and Eta. I think Eta changed directions about 17 times but now she’s projected to move across Florida and out into the Atlantic by Thursday night. I hate to keep talking about it but currently there is another tropical system in the Caribbean. NOAA…
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Our new Tri-County Vegetable Agent, Ty Torrance, started this week. I’ll be getting Ty around to visit and meet our vegetable producers here soon. We have some late cotton that should be getting defoliated soon. Boll rot caused us to chase some cotton this year. Next year we’re going to look at some techniques to…
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NOAA just released its November weather forecast. They are calling for it to be warmer and drier. Our area shows a 33% chance for above average temperature and a 40% chance for below average precipitation. This pattern follows closely with the La Nina we are currently in. There will some colder periods but for the…