By Luke Fuhrer, Cliff Collins, Sarah Beth Thompson, Glen Rains, and Wesley Porter Spraying is an important pre- and in-season operation that can either make or break a crop. This operation can be costly if done correctly, and very costly if done incorrectly. The cost can be attributed to a monetary cost of chemical and […]
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By: David Hall, Phillip Edwards, Jason Mallard, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter It’s That Time of Year If you have not already started up your irrigation system, you will be doing so very soon. If you have not operated your system since last season, now is the time to be very careful as you go […]
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UGA poultry science & extension team just held a successful 2025 Georgia Precision Poultry Farming Conference virtually on May 6, 2025. Ten invited speakers and five panelists shared the latest research, education, and industry implementation/need of precision poultry farming technologies. This year’s conference had about 350 registrations from 30+ countries. The event received grateful support from […]
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By: Phillip Edwards, Daniel Lyon, David Hall, Jason Mallard, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter Pivot Uniformity The importance of proper pivot uniformity cannot and should not be taken lightly. Over or underwatering your crop can happen due to a multitude of possible inefficiencies. These inefficiencies can cost you money and yield. In most cases you […]
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By: Will Brown (UGA Extension, Appling County), Jennifer Miller (UGA Extension, Jeff Davis County), Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter While planting is going full speed there are many planters that have insecticide hoppers on the back of the row units, and it is critical that these systems are calibrated. Depending on which crop you […]
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Defective eggs (eggs with abnormal exterior quality and size, Figure 1) can reduce the egg quality/food safety and market value of laying hen production, especially in cage-free houses where floor eggs are more common. To improve egg quality, automated grading and defect detection systems have been developed using machine vision and image processing. Automated egg […]
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By Marco Torresan and Wesley Porter Even though it’s still early in the season, most of the corn has been planted and many producers are switching over and starting to plant peanuts. I have seen many farmers starting to plant peanuts, so hopefully they have already made these changes. As you finish up corn it […]
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It’s estimated that approximately 20 million chickens in the U.S. die in commercial poultry houses before reaching market age or arriving at slaughterhouses for various reasons. In commercial broiler or cage-free laying hen houses, thousands of chickens are housed within the same facility in high density. Animal wellbeing monitoring, including daily mortality checks, is typically […]
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Domestic fowl shows the tendon-locking phenomenon, which lets them to express perching behavior (PB) with minimum muscular effort. The domestic hens look for an elevated structure for resting during night as that the jungle fowl, in order to prevent themselves from ground predators. Providing perches in cage-free (CF) housing (Figure 1) offers significant benefits for […]
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