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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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  • Changes to Your GATE Card

    Don’t throw away any mail you get from the Georgia Department of Agriculture it could be a very important password.   The Georgia Agriculture Tax Exemption (GATE) is a program created through legislation, which offers qualified agriculture producers a sales tax exemption on agricultural equipment and production inputs. Qualified farmers and agricultural producers can apply to…

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  • GA Pesticide Waste Clean Day – November 14th – Moultrie

    The Georgia Department of Agriculture is hosting another ‘Clean Day’ where anyone can discard old, unusable or cancelled pesticides. Everything must be registered before you go down. We have the registration forms here in the office. See the note below for more details:

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  • Pesticide License Recertification Credits

    Willie Chance is a retired county agent who has done a great job organizing classes where all types of commercial pesticide license can receive certification hours. There is a class next week in Valdosta if you are in need of some hard to get credit hours. Need Recertification credits? Register today to earn them at…

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  • Does Anyone Know You’re Doing A Good Job?

    Former County Agent in Seminole County, Rome Ethredge, wrote this article in Growing America. You can see it at that link, but I posted it below too. Rome was the agent I trained with, and the best person to ever know. I love the way he wrote this article as each generation is further removed…

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