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It was announced yesterday that we will receive a block grant for $347 million. The process that you will be going through is unlike anything you have done before. Everything you do will be done online at https://farmrecovery.com/.
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The National Phenology Network (NPN) studies seasonal changes primarily related to climate, plant and animal life. Each year the NPN publishes on the arrival of spring. This year it is looking like spring is a few weeks ahead. The 1st map below shows that on February 13th we are about 15-20 days early on spring…
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Dr. Culpepper just released the 2020 Watermelon weed control programs.
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We have cotton variety trial data for 2019 in. The data will be discussed in more detail at our Cotton Meeting on March 6th.
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It has been a while since I gave a cattle update. The markets shut down over Christmas and New Years so I was giving it a few weeks to get back up and running normally. Market: Cash trade has dropped off since the beginning of the year but cattle prices are expected to show a…
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The three-month forecast is showing south Georgia with a 40-50% chance of above-average temperatures. Precipitation shows us in white which means Equal Chances (EC). Equal chances mean that precipitation could be anywhere from 33% below normal to 33% above normal. One AgDay meteorologist, Mike Hoffman, has called for above-average precipitation for the South throughout the…
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Stress has always been something that farmers have dealt with but recently stress and its effects on mental health have become a topic of discussion. Clint Thompson stated in his recent publication about the awareness of rural stress that “Farmers are an extended family for the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension agents throughout the state,…
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Ben Hill County will be hosting a GrassMasters Course this year. The GrassMasters program is a 7 – week-long series of seven educational workshops that focus on forage production.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) just released its annual climate summary for 2019. We were thinking it was hot well we were right. The average temperature in the southeast was considered the warmest on record. If you zoom in on the county temperature ranks you can see that Tift County is dark red. You…
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The 2020 Ag Budgets have been updated. These budgets are very useful for planning out your crops for the year. Keep in mind that the inputs are variable and can be adjusted up or down to fit your operation. Also, the crop comparison tool is very useful in looking at several crops side by side.…
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