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Tidewater Equipment has extended an invitation to their Open House Tuesday, January 7th at their office on Hwy 82. They will have clinics throughout the day on sprayers, planters, hay equipment, and construction equipment. All the information is listed below. Lunch will be served but Tidewater has requested that those attending for lunch to RSVP.…
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Nutrien Ag Solutions will have a program at the Extension Office on Wednesday, January 8th at noon. Adrienne Smith, the local Nutrien crop consultant is sponsoring the program. Nutrien has several products in its portfolio, including Dyna-Gro seed. Lunch will be served. Please RSVP to Mrs. Cathy, 229-391-7980.
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Merry Christmas from everyone here at the Extension Office! I hope each of you has a wonderful holiday and enjoy time with your family. The office will be closed on December 24th and we will return on January 2nd. Here are a few Christmas funnies I found.
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We have finalized our 2020 production meeting details. Meals will be provided at each meeting. The weed meeting will be a breakfast meeting and all of the others will be lunch meetings. Pesticide and CCA credits will be available. If you would like to check your pesticide credit hours you can do so by clicking…
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We had an Extension Cotton Update last week and we learned that we once again have the state Diuron label with flexible use patterns to fight pigweed and others prior to planting. If strip-tilling was done prior to application, wait 7 days before planting. If strip-tilling was done after the application but before planting, no…
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I’m not a computer genius but I have been working on the blog site. That is why the Thanksgiving post was sent after Thanksgiving, my not so good formatting skills really messed that up. However, I am almost 100% sure I have everything corrected and if you look at the menu bar you will see…
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Five meetings, five locations, and a multitude of guest speakers will allow this upcoming year’s Ag Forecast to create a larger discussion than ever before as we head into much uncertainty with GA’s number one industry.
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Awhile back I mentioned the new training from EPA for the use of paraquat. Anyone associated with mixing, handling, applying paraquat products (Gramoxone) has to complete the training. Syngenta recently received a label for its new formulation of paraquat sold under the trade name of Gramoxone 3SL (3 lb ai/gal).
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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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