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4-D Farm Field Day and Advisory Meeting – October 8th, 2026

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! …

Cotton/ Peanut Research Field Day – September 2, 2026

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 …

End of Season – Cotton Irrigation Management

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 …

Extreme Heat and Irrigation: Don’t Let Your Crop Get Behind 

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 …

IoT Technologies for Precision Poultry Production

In recent years, global poultry production has increased substantially in response to growing demand for affordable animal-source protein. To meet this demand, poultry production systems have become increasingly large and concentrated, creating significant challenges in disease management, productivity, and animal welfare. In such systems, manual flock monitoring and management are becoming increasingly impractical, highlighting the …

UGA Extension Ag Water Team Quarterly Newsletter – July 2026

This week we would like to highlight the UGA Extension Ag Water Team Newsletter. Below are a few of their impactful events: including field days, pivot uniformity tests, installing sensors, and much more. There are updates from Northeast, Northwest, Southeast, and Southwest districts, Dr. Hawkins, and Dr. Porter. To see the full newsletter, please see …

Finalizing Corn Irrigation

By Ross Greene, Tyler Poythress, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter  If you have not already reached irrigation termination on corn, it is almost that time for considering finalizing corn irrigation. The official irrigation termination for corn is black layer. This post will offer a few images on what to look for, how current conditions are affecting the dry-down process, and a current study at SIRP focusing on corn irrigation and nitrogen management.  …

Peak Water Demand for Cotton 

By Sarah Beth Thompson, Bailey Ellison, Wesley Porter  Last week, Mr. Ross Greene updated the blog on peanut water demand increasing, and this week we wanted to provide a closer look into cotton as water requirements increase. Based on early to late season planting date ranges, cotton water usage has already started or will start to increase soon. Below we have highlighted a few select planting …

Peak Water Demand for Peanuts Has Arrived

By Ross Greene, UGA Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Candler and Evans Counties, Wesley M. Porter, Extension Precision Ag and Irrigation Specialist, and Sarah Beth Thompson Editor’s Note: This article updates a July 2025 blog post, “Don’t Let Peanuts Get Dry in July” and a UGA Extension resource, “Mid-Season Irrigation Tips for July Peanuts, …