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  • Worth County corn producers save the date for next week’s Georgia Corn Short Course on Tuesday, December 14th at the Tifton Campus Conference Center. Below is the agenda for the meeting. If you have questions, or if we can be of assistance to you at Worth County Extension, please let us know.

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  • DATES AND EVENTS Sunbelt Expo Field Day – (news from the Sunbelt Ag Expo) It is with much disappointment that the 2021 Field Day scheduled as an in-person event for August 12 has been changed to a VIRTUAL ONLY experience.   While we have given every effort to host the event as an in person experience,…

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  • There are a few upcoming dates that may be of interest: Georgia Pecan Growers Association Annual Conference and Trade Show at the GA National Fairgrounds in Perry, Georgia. It is scheduled for June 2-3, 2021, and will be an IN PERSON event. For more details and registration information visit: https://georgiapecan.org Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean Insect…

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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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  • 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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  • Pesticide Training Updates

    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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  • We have begun the 2021 Extension Production meeting season. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and precautions, the meetings will be conducted in a virtual or online format. Below are the registration links of the meetings. Registration will close about 18 hours prior to the training, so register in advance to ensure your viewing opportunity. Click the…

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  • We have begun the 2021 Extension Production meeting season. Today, the first of these meetings was held. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and precautions, the meetings will be conducted in a virtual or online format. Below are the dates and times of the currently planned meetings. Let us know if we can assist you at the…

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