Chris Tyson
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Well, the 2016 crop budgets came in this week. You can go directly to the Ag Economic website to look at them. Here’s a quick look at them below also. Remember, these budgets do not include land rent in their calculations, so you will have to add that cost if you need to. You can also…
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Tattnall County Extension, in collaboration with the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center and Georgia Southern University are offering an upcoming course called: Ag Business Planning Workshop: A Guide for Farm Entrepreneurs. This will be a 2 session workshop held on February 11th and 18th at the Glennville Extension Office. This course is designed…
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Live Christmas trees have been brought into homes and decorated during the holiday season for more than 500 years. Every year, more than 33 million live Christmas trees are used in households across the United States. Here are a few facts on choosing and caring for a Christmas tree. There are several species of…
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Planting Leyland Cypress as a Screen or Privacy Border Chris Tyson, Tattnall Extension The fall and winter months are a great time to plant trees and shrubs in the yard. One tree that is often planted as a border, screen, or to create privacy in a landscape is Leyland Cypress. They grow fast and will…
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For the last several years, we have planted a corn variety trial behind the Vidalia Onion test plots at the Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center. Cliff Riner started this variety trial when corn prices were higher and there was much interest in growing corn as a double crop behind Vidalia Onions. Many onion…
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While there has been some cotton picked in Tattnall County, we still have a good bit more that will be defoliated in the next couple of weeks. Please keep these points in mind as you think about cotton defoliation. Rain in the forecast? – There is no doubt that the best weather for defoliating cotton…
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I was driving down Highway 121 today and noticed something growing on the side of the road. It had really bright yellow flowers and it looked like it had beans on it. It was not something I had noticed before so I stopped to take a look. As it turns out, this weed…
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