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Tift County Extension Producer Updates

August 2021

  • Weekly County Update 8/27/21

    A few of us took a trip Tuesday over to a place called Vidette which is just outside of Louisville to talk with Dr. Alton Walker about his cover crops. Alton has been using no-tillage and a variety of cover crop rotations for several years in order to build up his organic matter and nutrient…

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  • Weekly County Update 8/20/21

    Finally got to see a little more sunshine this week and it looks like the plants responded. Fred dropped some water on us but not as much as initially anticipated, so that’s good. Daycare shut down because of Covid this week so I had a little helper checking fields with me. Della wanted to help…

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  • Farm Bill Listening Session

    The Georgia Peanut Commission plans to host three Farm Bill Listening Sessions during the month of August across the peanut belt with one being here at the Tift County Extension Office. The listening sessions will help prepare for the 2023 Farm Bill. Georgia Peanut Commission Executive Director, Don Koehler says that “The commission wants to…

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  • 2021 Peanut Maturity Checks

    We will start blasting peanuts on a rotating schedule on September 1st. The same rotation as last year will be used. We will blast peanuts from 8:30-12:00 at the following locations. We cut the time off at lunch so we can have the afternoon for field visits. One thing we’re going to do differently this…

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  • Weekly County Update 8/13/21

    Congratulations to Andrew Grimes who is the Peanut Achievement winner for District IV in the 300-699 acreage category. We will be in Jekyll this weekend for him to receive his award and to see if he can bring home the state award for the 300-699 acreage category. Disease: Tropical Storm Fred is currently anticipated to…

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  • Weekly County Update 8/6/21

    I’m beginning to think the Government is going to shut me down for operating on wetlands. Cotton: Bacterial Blight has been identified in some surrounding counties. Don’t be blinded by the blight (Kemerait likes catchy phrases), the only way to effectively combat it is with resistant varieties. Target spot is rampant and Areolate mildew is…

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