Scott Carlson
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The Worth County Extension office now has more production guides available as hard copies. Growers can pick some of the following up at the Extension Office, or access them online. A Guide to Corn Production in Georgia – at the office or find online at: https://grains.caes.uga.edu/corn.html 2021 Georgia Cotton Production Guide – at the office…
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The schedule has been set for upcoming Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) Trainings. Please see the following details for auxin training requirements and training dates for 2021. Click to download the .pdf file of the UPW training information: UPW Training Flyer AUXIN TRAINING REQUIREMENTS – GEORGIA 2021 Engenia, FeXapan, Tavium, XtendiMax 1. All applicators driving the…
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Virtual Extension Crop Production meetings have been taking place since early January. Many growers and agriculture supporters have attended these online. There are a few opportunities left to attend virtually. Please click on Extension meetings to see the details. If you need assistance or have questions regarding these meetings, please let us know at Worth…
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Produce growers may be interested in this upcoming training for February 23 & 24, 2021. See the information below from the Georgia Department of Agriculture Produce Safety. The registration deadline is February 16, 2021. To register, click on the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMuf-igpjItHtEK4GKSkkxBBE75MmR9PLiv
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Please see this timely article “Two Important Settings that Needs your Attention on Spinner-Disc Spreaders” by Dr. Simerjeet Virk about checking and/or adjusting spreader settings to improve applications. We are glad to have Dr. Virk with the UGA Precision Ag Team as a resource. If you have questions, feel free to contact Worth County Extension…
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There are still virtual Extension production meetings coming up. Pesticide credits and Certified Crop Advisor credits are offered. If you plan to view, make sure to register ahead of time. Next week’s meetings are the Tift/Worth Watermelon meeting and the Pecan production meeting. To register, select the commodity meeting of interest, then click on Register,…
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We have been getting questions and seeing some aphids in small grains in Worth County. Here is a timely article with great information from our neighboring county agent, Jeremy Kichler, Colquitt County Extension Coordinator.
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Extension Production Meetings have been approved for pesticide credits. There are still opportunities to register for and view the production meetings virtually. Please contact the Worth County Extension office with any questions regarding the meetings. Paraquat Dichloride Training for certified applicators is required every 3 years by applicators. Many may have already completed the training,…
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We are well into the meeting season, although the format is different this time. There are still opportunities to register and/or attend Extension production meetings for cotton, peanuts, corn/soybeans, pecans, and vegetables. A couple scheduled for next week are: one on cotton and one on peanuts. Pesticide credits are available for private and commercial applicators.…
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The 2021 crop budgets and crop comparison tool are now available online: https://agecon.uga.edu/extension/budgets.html The commodity prices in the Crop Comparison Tool are an estimate of the season average farm price based on harvest time futures contracts and adjusted for expected basis (except for peanuts). Peanut prices are based on contracts priced on a portion of…