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  • Pre-Plant Burndown

    Per Dr. Prostko I am still getting quite a few inquiries about pre-plant burndowns.  Thus, I thought you might be interested in seeing some of the early results of a current pre-plant burndown test located in Tift County. 1) All treatments were applied at 7 am on March 9, 2023 (15 GPA with AIXR11002 spray […]

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  • Cattle Management Tips for Extreme Cold Conditions

    A word from Dr. Stewart: We are expecting extreme cold conditions over the next couple of days. Here are a few tips to help cattle through this stretch, especially for those that have started the calving season. Windbreak: This may be the biggest factor to help cattle get through the extreme wind chill we will […]

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  • Pesticide Clean Day May 3, 2022

    All: The Georgia Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce our next Clean Day pesticide waste collection event. The event will be held Tuesday, May 3, 2022, in Houston County at the Georgia National Fairgrounds in Perry Ga. This event is free and open to all statewide commercial/private applicators, commercial contractors, and the pest control industry. Dealers […]

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  • Mixing Order of Pesticides is Important (Prostko)

    This is a friendly reminder that the tank-mixing order/sequence of pesticides is very important.  Got a call from a industry tech rep today about some mixing problems with Roundup PowerMax3 and Zidua SC.  You can see in the slide below that when the Roundup was put in the plastic bottle first followed by the Zidua, […]

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  • Strawberries Almost Ready

    Our strawberries planted in the county are looking good and soon ready to pick. They are at 123 days today, planted on October 15h. This year, they’ve noticed that the plants seem to be further along than usual. This is good for many reasons. Picking will start in the next week or so and u-pick […]

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  • 5th Annual Chasing Jefferson Davis Marathon – May 4th

    Website: https://www.chasingjeffersondavis.com/

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  • 2019 Using Pesticides Wisely Recertification

    By now most of you know that we have to be trained once again to use the new Auxin Technology. The reason for the training is to update producers on label changes, to satisfy requests from the EPA, and ultimately protect this technology for farmers in Georgia and the southeast. Here are the details about […]

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  • Wilcox County Secretary and Program Assistant – UGA Job Opening

    UGA has posted the Wilcox County Secretary position on the UGA Website. This link should work for the application: Wilcox County Secretary Application

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  • Wilcox County Farmers… Around the Country

    Many Wilcox County growers were recognized for their achievements in 2018 that I made in this previous post. It is always good to see or hear our farmers being recognized outside of the county. In the last few months, we had growers featured on PBS and in the New York Times. PBS Clay and Valerie […]

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  • 2019 UGA/CAES Ag Forecast

    The Georgia Ag Forecast is an annual seminar series presented by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in partnership with the Georgia Department of Agriculture. Economists give their insight into the future agriculture market projections. We will hear from these economists and well as CAES Dean Sam Pardue. 2019 Dates/Locations Tuesday, Jan. 22: […]

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