New Climate Friendly Signup Concludes January 25 ATHENS, GEORGIA, Jan. 11, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recently announced several new and expanded opportunities for conservation programs that lend to climate-smart agriculture production in fiscal year 2022. Among these is the Cover Crop Initiative (CCI) that incentivizes the… Read More USDA Announces Targeted Cover Crop Initiative for Georgia

Growers, agribusiness men and Extension educators, consultants, please consider attending the 2022 Georgia corn shortcourse on Tuesday, Dec.14th in the Tifton Conference Center, in Tifton, GA. You can register on-line at the url listed below the agenda. Updates are provided by UGA scientists and Georgia Corn Growers Assn, the Georgia Corn Commission and the National… Read More 2022 Georgia Corn Shortcourse, Dec. 14th, Tifton Campus Conference Center

The National Ag Statistics Service reported on Monday that Georgia growers had planted approximately 45% of their intended acres in oats, 34% of rye and 21% of their wheat.  That is fairly close to our normal 5-year average. Conditions for the most part have been good to plant and obtain a good stand for grazing… Read More Georgia Growers Moving Forward with Small Grain Planting But All is Not Rosey

NCGA joined several other members (~50) of the Agriculture Transportation Working Group in submitting comments to the Department of Transportation on the state of the U.S. supply chain. The comments address the many disruptive factors our supply chain is facing and give recommendations on how to alleviate them through legislative and regulatory actions. The comments… Read More A Supply Chain Update from National Corn Growers Assn

I’ve debated over the last three weeks about writing an article that addresses the title.  I usually try to have a positive message even when there is a problem that we face.  Most problems can be resolved or prevented.  They sometimes resolve over time without intervention.  Unfortunately, the problems we face currently, I don’t think,… Read More Short Supplies, Rising Cost, Inflation: Definitely Not a Pretty Picture

After taking the last several weeks off from blogging since everyone got busy with harvesting, i’ts time to pound on the keyboard as we go into the fall. September’s cool weather begins the signal of finishing the summer season and bringing focus to the fall. Fall harvest has been good to corn growers for the… Read More Corn Harvest Near Completion; Growers Preparing for Peanuts and Cotton that’s Around the Corner

Our earliest planted corn has already reached black layer.  This is the abscission layer in which shuts out all nutrient and water movement into the kernel.  This is an important time to recognize, since it is a visual indication that the kernel has reached it final weight.  Much of the rest of the crop in… Read More Black Layer Rapidly Forming in Southern Areas

Rains over the last week have been most helpful in slowing and conserving irrigation; and much of it came in time to improve some of the dryland production, particularly in N. Georgia.  While some areas have experienced very dry conditions in the previous weeks, setting back some of their production, most row crop producers show… Read More Corn Progress Good but Still in Danger; Other Row Crops Good but Pay Attention