Corn Silage and Stored Forage Field Day is Thursday

For the first time since 2019, the UGA/UF Corn Silage and Stored Forage Field Day will be held. The biannually event will take place Thursday, June 15th at the UGA Tifton Campus in Tifton, GA. It all starts at 7:30am Eastern with a variety of topics to be discussed. They include variety testing, corn silage production in living mulch, fertilizer and animal …

Georgia Sign-up Deadline Nearing for Organic Production

The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Georgia (NRCS-GA) reminds farmers looking to transition to organic, the sign-up deadline for the Organic Transition Initiative (OTI) through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) is June 15, 2023. This Georgia NRCS sign-up follows a national announcement detailing the USDA’s multi-agency approach to assist producers beginning or in the process of transitioning to achieve organic certification. Only those …

Georgia Beef Producers to Vote on Continuation of Georgia Beef Commission Check-Off

The Georgia Agriculture Commodity Commission for Beef was established at the request of Georgia cattlemen in 2013 by the Georgia Legislature. Georgia beef producers first voted in 2014 to approve a marketing order to establish a $1 per head assessment on all cattle sold in Georgia for beef with a value over $100. It is required that the market order …

May Beef Month Continues in Georgia

May Beef Month in Georgia continues as various promotions have been leading up to the Memorial Day holiday coming up this weekend. Georgia Beef Board (GBB) Director of Public Relations, Taylor Evans, looks at what has transpired and what they have planned for this summer. To learn more about May Beef Month in Georgia, contact the GBB office in Macon at 478-474-1815. Sponsored …