Meetings
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Attached below is the meeting date/location/time for the PSA meeting for those growing produce. Any produce grower who grows, packs, harvests, and/or holds covered produce, makes over $25,000 in annual produce sales (on average, based on the past three years of sales), and does not qualify for a Produce Safety Rule exemption is required to…
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Cotton growers, the final dates are approaching for area UPW Trainings. Anyone applying Engenia, XtendiMax or FeXapan must attend one of these trainings. Also, any person in charge of Enlist One and Enlist Duo in-crop applications must attend. If you are planning to use this auxin technology and products, and have not already attended a…
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Attached is the link to register for winter crop options field day and is free registration. This field day will go over some newer options that are not planted as much, such as carinata, lupin, etc. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-crop-options-covers-carinata-and-other-crops-field-day-tickets-56344087683
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The next Worth County Livestock meeting is Monday the 25th of March. Please RSVP your attendance by this Friday the 22nd so that we can better plan for meal size. There will be a speaker from Godfrey’s Feed.
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Attached is information for our county livestock meeting upcoming Feb 25th on a Monday. Please RSVP by Friday Feb 22. Dr. Tucker from UGA will speak on pasture management. Isabella Station will cater the meal.
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Attached is info from Dr. Lenny Wells Pecan blog on a pecan beginners course for those new to pecans or thinking about getting into pecan production. Pecan Beginners Course The Pecan Beginners Course will be held on April 16, 2019 from 8:30am-4:30pm at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. See agenda below. Pre-Registration = $10.…
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Attached is an article on this years GA Cotton Quality Award Winners. It is broken up into four regions and three categories. This award banquet was held at the Georgia Cotton Commission’s 12th Annual Meeting and UGA Cotton Production Workshop on January 30, 2019. The purpose of the awards are to recognize producers and ginners of high-quality…
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Our 2019 Row Crop Disease Meeting went well. We had Richey Seaton with the cotton commission speak on what the cotton commission does and what their goals are. Dr. Bob Kemerait spoke on peanuts, cotton, and corn. His topics ranged from fungicide programs, current research updates, new products, pest biology and management, foliar, and soilborne…
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Our county hog show is upcoming this Saturday 02/16/19. Weigh-in start at 10a.m. and the show begins at 1p.m. Come and support our local swine show if you can make it! Location: Worth County Ag Pavilion (102 Rebecca Drive, Sylvester GA).
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We had a good turnout for our 2019 cotton county meeting. Dr. Whitaker gave an update on cotton varieties, agronomics, and plant growth regulators. Dr. Harris gave an update from his most recent research in cotton fertility, and he mentioned questions he has had on hurricane debris for spreading in the field. Dr. Roberts gave…
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