With corn planting underway in some parts of the state, the 2023 planting season is officially here and will be in full swing over the new few weeks. That also means if you have not already, this is the perfect time to perform a thorough inspection and get that planter ready for the field. Read …
Broadcast spinner spreaders are one of the most common and widely used application equipment for lime and granular fertilizer. The importance of proper spreader calibration for accurate fertilizer applications has been emphasized many times and it is always good to see growers putting the time and effort into performing a calibration on their spreaders. However, …
Even a trained eye can’t discern all that’s happening inside a poultry grow-out house, home to tens of thousands of broiler chickens. The birds bob-walk about, pecking food from dispensers and buck-buck-bucking in conversation. Everything looks as you’d expect.
Flash drought is the rapid onset or intensification of relatively short-term agricultural drought. Learn how Crop and Soil Sciences Ph.D. student, Jasia Jannat (advisor: Dr. Vellidis), is quantifying its effects in the Southeast.
The Institute for Integrative Precision Agriculture (IIPA) is pleased to solicit applications for a new Collaborative Equipment grants program, which has a closing date of 1 March 2023. Proposal budgets are expected to range between $15,000 and $75,000 and are for equipment only, i.e., no other budget categories are allowable. All funds must be fully …
Over the last few decades, water use-related disagreements between Georgia and its surrounding states have held the spotlight in the Southeast. Legal battles have been fought, and although Georgia won the most recent lawsuit, the court’s decision stressed that Georgia shares the responsibility to conserve that most precious, non-renewable resource on which we all depend …
