Brad Haire This research provides information for farmers to better understand where the downforce on their planter needs to be set to aid in maximizing crop emergence.
Laurabeth Bland, University of Georgia | Apr 01, 2021
Due to high consumer expectations, farmers and agricultural producers are constantly under pressure to deliver their products at higher yields for cheaper prices. This may seem like an impossible combination of demands, but University of Georgia Cooperative Extension researchers are developing precision agriculture methods to make the planting process more efficient for farmers while protecting profits.
A recently published article in the journal Precision Agriculture revealed the importance of planter downforce and the impact that it, along with other precision technology, can have on harvest yields. Downforce is the pressure that farmers apply to their row unit to ensure that it s maintaining the depth at which the planter is set. Th
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Mar 15, 2021
TIFTON, Ga. â Despite not having an in-person gala because of the pandemic, the ABAC Foundation set a record in February by raising funds for student scholarships at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College through A Week for ABAC.
ABAC Arts Connection Director Wayne Jones, who coordinated the event, said the Foundation set a record by raising nearly $130,000 for more than 50 student scholarships.
âWhen we first realized we would not be able to host an in-person event, there was no question that we would push forward and reimagine the event virtually,â Jones said. âItâs just too important for our students.
alffoto / iStock / Getty Images Plus Let s say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s.
If you remember how it was to grow cotton prior to the successful purge of the notorious boll weevil, you probably have gray hair.
I have gray hair, but let s say I was still pretty young when the Boll Weevil Eradication Program came to our little corner of Georgia in the late 1980s. I knew folks who worked the program in our area then and remember helping set and check those now-classic yellowish-green traps in places. That was when I first learned what a pheromone was.
Jan 21, 2021
Topics of discussion include:
Georgia Cotton Commission Update – Lee Cromley, Director – Taylor Sills, Executive Director
2020 Season-in-Review & Discussion on Seed Coat Fragments (SCF) – Darryl Earnest, Deputy Administrator, USDA AMS Cotton & Tobacco Program – Dr. Ed Barnes, Senior Director of Agricultural & Environmental Research, Cotton Incorporated
Boll Weevil Eradication in Georgia & the United States Status – Bart Davis, Chairman, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Alan Lowman, Executive Director, BWEF of Georgia, Inc. – Dr. Phillip Roberts, Extension Entomologist, University of Georgia
U.S. House Committee on Agriculture Update – Congressman David Scott, Chairman
U.S. Cotton Trust Protocol Update – Matt Coley, Producer Director
Georgia Farm Bureau Update– Tom McCall, President