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  • Pecan Production Meetings

    This is the link that you need to sign up for the Pecan Production Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.

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  • Cotton Production Meetings

      This is the link that you need to sign up for the Cotton Production Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.

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  • 2021 Clean Day

    Finally, we are having another clean day. This one will be on Thursday, February 10th from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm in Mitchell County. Here is the registration link, https://www.agr.georgia.gov/Data/Sites/1/media/ag_plantindustry/pesticides/files/Mitchell-County-Clean-Day-2021-pre-registration-form.pdf

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  • Peanut Production Meetings

      This is the link that you need to sign up for the Peanut Production Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.

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  • Corn & Soybean Production Meetings

    This is the link that you need to sign up for the Corn & Soybean Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.

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  • Potassium Deficiency in Cotton

    No matter how timely you are with scouting and spraying your cotton, if your N, P, and K aren’t right then you cant maximize the potential of the plant. We all know this but what we cant figure out is why we’ve been having Potassium problems here recently. We had a good bit of rain…

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  • Merry Christmas!

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at the Tift County Extension Office. We hope your holidays are filled with lots of joy and happiness. The Extension Office will be closed until we come back on January 4th. See yall next year!

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  • 2021 Production Meetings

    COVID is going to make production meetings a little different this year. We will not be having any in-person meetings here at the office like during a normal year. Instead, UGA will be offering virtual meetings. We have fought this long and hard but ultimately for safety sake, the decision has been made to go…

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  • Peanut Notes for 2021

    I was recently in on a meeting with the Extension Peanut Team. A few key points. Watch which Velum you get. Velum Total has thrip control with imidacloprid however Velum does not and will need an added thrip control. Bayer is moving to Velum yet there is probably some Velum Total stock still out there.…

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  • Small Grain Weed Control

    Here are some options for controlling weeds in small grains. Call me with any questions. Oats: Harmony Extra + MCPA or 2,4-D. This will give you excellent control of broadleafs. The MCPA will give you a short residual on wild radish, about 10 days. Be sure to get it out before Christmas Wheat: Broadleaf: Harmony…

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