Total U.S. poultry and egg sales exceeded $90 billion in 2025, with the United States ranking as the world’s largest broiler producer (9.33 billion meat chickens) and second-largest egg producer (approximately 100 billion table eggs) (USDA, 2026). However, the U.S. poultry and egg industries continue to face significant challenges from infectious diseases, including highly pathogenic …
By Luke Fuhrer, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter It’s that time of year that cotton is being harvested across the state. I just wrote an article for the Georgia Cotton Commission focused on harvest preparation and safety, which can be found here: Cotton Harvest Preparation and Safety – The Georgia Cotton Commission. In addition to …
Historically, livestock farming relied heavily on manual labor and subjective assessments for health monitoring, feed management, and environmental control. Over the past two decades, the integration of sensor technologies and automated systems has laid the foundation for the current era of smart livestock farming. The emergence and development of Artificial Intelligence (AI), cloud computing, Internet …
By Ashley Smith, John Bennett, Seth McAllister, Scott Tubbs, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter We have moved into harvest season. I have been fortunate enough to have participated in multiple end of season and harvest meetings. The topics I have covered have been a blend of irrigation termination and equipment preparation. One important harvest …
By: Ibukunoluwa Adelekan, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter Harvest for peanuts has already started in the earlier planted peanuts across the state. With the later plant dates on the decline from peak water usage, the earlier plant dates are either being harvested or on the last few irrigation events before digging. It is important …
The JPC Cotton Production Field Day will be here on September 29th, 2026, in Watkinsville, GA at the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center. Click/see below for directions: The event will kick-off with check-in at 8:30 a.m. and speakers starting at 9:00 a.m. You will get to hear from Dr. Phillip Roberts, Dr. …
On October 8th, the 4-D Farm is having an annual field day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be livestock and virtual fencing demo’s, farm management updates, and updates from the Emerging Technology Development Sites (ETDS). To learn more about the 4-D Farm, see the website for more information or the flyer below! …
The annual Cotton/Peanut Research Field Day will be on September 2, 2026 in Tifton at the UGA Lang Farm. At this field day, you will get to hear from several of UGA’s Extension Specialists and Researchers about physiology, peanut pathology, cotton fertility, precision ag, and economics. We hope to see you there, and please see …
By Wesley M. Porter As we move through August and into September, as is typical we have observed adverse weather conditions across the state. In some places, we have been receiving rainfall on an as needed basis to allow us to apply minimal irrigation, however, there are other parts of the state that we cannot …
By: Ross Greene, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent and Wesley Porter, Extension Specialist I have received a lot of questions about the best way to manage irrigation during extremely hot conditions. I told someone recently that science tells me one thing intuition tells me another. I think we have to find a balance in between …
