{"id":2551,"date":"2026-02-27T14:08:41","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/?p=2551"},"modified":"2026-02-27T14:19:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:19:34","slug":"upcoming-events-of-interest-this-weekend-and-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/2026\/02\/upcoming-events-of-interest-this-weekend-and-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming Events of Interest – This Weekend and Next Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Worth County Hog Show and Sale\u2014Saturday, February 28, 2026<\/strong>
Show @ 3:00 p.m., Buyers Dinner @ 5:00 p.m., and Sale @ 6:00 p.m.
Come out and support our youth livestock projects in FFA and 4-H!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Extension Production Meetings \u2013 Monday, March 2<\/strong>
Row Crop Disease Management Meeting @ 5:00 p.m.<\/em><\/strong>
Speaker: Dr. Bob Kemerait
Cotton Production Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.<\/em><\/strong>
Speakers: Dr. Camp Hand, Dr. Phillip Roberts
Where: Worth County Ag Pavilion
*Please RSVP the Worth County Extension Office at 229-776-8216 to help us plan for the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tifton Beef Short Course \u2013 March 3, 2026<\/strong>
The Short Course will be in Irwinville, GA at the UGA Bull Test Station (2347 GA HWY 32 West, Chula, GA 31733).
For more information or to register, visit: https:\/\/beef.caes.uga.edu\/programs\/short-courses\/tifton\/
Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.; the program begins at 9:15 a.m. and ends at 3:45 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tifton Bull Sale \u2013 March 4, 2026<\/strong>
The Tifton Bull Sale will be in Irwinville, GA at the UGA Bull Test Station (2347 GA HWY 32 West, Chula, GA 31733).
For sale catalog, sale videos, and live auction link, visit: https:\/\/beef.caes.uga.edu\/programs\/live-animal\/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers\/
Note: Bulls will not be run through the ring on sale day but will be penned at the sale site for close inspection.
The sale begins at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) at Worth County Ag Pavilion \u2013 Friday, March 6, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.<\/strong>
The Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings have been scheduled for 2026. There are 18 trainings in various locations in Georgia. It is required training for growers that plan to use the in-crop dicamba products on approved crops. Click on the following link for details: https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/2026\/02\/2026-using-pesticides-wisely-upw-dicamba-trainings-scheduled\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Worth County Cattlemen\u2019s Association \u2013 March 9, 2026<\/strong>
This cattlemen\u2019s group is growing, and there is room for more producers or interested parties. The meetings are very informative and a great time to learn and fellowship with others.
For more information, contact Hardy Goodman at 229-402-4806.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If we can be of assistance at Worth County Extension, please let us know.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

University of Georgia is an Equal Opportunity Institution. If you need reasonable accommodation or language access services, contact the Worth County Extension office at 229-776-8216 or uge4321@uga.edu<\/a>, at least three weeks prior to the program date.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Worth County Hog Show and Sale\u2014Saturday, February 28, 2026Show @ 3:00 p.m., Buyers Dinner @ 5:00 p.m., and Sale @ 6:00 p.m.Come out and support our youth livestock projects in FFA and 4-H! Extension Production Meetings \u2013 Monday, March 2Row Crop Disease Management Meeting @ 5:00 p.m.Speaker: Dr. Bob KemeraitCotton Production Meeting @ 6:00 p.m.Speakers: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":276,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,11,48,4,30,9,40,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-4-h","category-cotton","category-livestock","category-meetings","category-pesticides","category-regulatory","category-youth-in-agriculture","category-youth-livestock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/276"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2558,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/worthag\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}