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ABAC's Georgia Museum of Agriculture, 1392 Whiddon Mill Road, Tifton, GA 31793, 229-391-5205

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02/04/2014

http://www.worldsrichestcountries.com/top_us_exports.html

Top US exports

01/31/2014

http://blog.score.org/2014/jennifer-shin/newsfeed-capitalizing-on-social-media-in-2014/comment-page-1/ -88098

It’s no secret that social media can be a great tool for small businesses. It’s inexpensive, versatile and you can reach out to your customers and potential target audiences in one shot. But with so many options today and constantly changing technology, businesses need do more to stay current. This…

01/30/2014

I pulled this story from an old Georgia Trend article. I think highly of it. Will Wilson

Conservation Is Key

Someone, probably a farmer, once said that humanity, despite all of its pretensions, refinements and achievements, owes its existence to a six-inch layer of topsoil and the fact that it rains. Bulloch, a fourth-generation farmer, is inclined to agree. So does the state plan, which virtually exempts farming – while new regulations on conservation focus heavily on local governments and major industry.

“We’re protected,” says Bulloch, who farms about 350 acres of pecans and 560 acres of row crops, most of it unirrigated land. “Nothing we’re doing in the plan will change current Georgia code, which protects farmers.”

Nothing could protect them from drought. May, June and most of July were mostly devoid of rain, cutting crop yields in half in Southwest Georgia farm communities. Scattered rains salvaged some crops, avoided others. Corn farmer and ethanol executive Murray Campbell describes flourishing fields on one side of the road, parched crops on the other.

More farmers used irrigation to compensate, but they had to contend with the high cost of fuel to run those systems, and the possibility of inadequate surface water supplies, wells running dry, and obscure leaks in the infrastructure that could be wasting lifeblood. All of which makes the Stripling Irrigation Research Park (SIRP) in Camilla an important neighbor these days.

Operating under the University of Georgia’s College of Agriculture, SIRP researches ways to maintain crop production while decreasing water demand and optimizing use through innovative systems like Variable Rate Irrigation (VRI), or precision irrigation. The park also educates farmers in efficiency.

“We focus on remembering the basics,” SIRP director Rad Yager says. “These are simple, but time consuming concepts, like irrigation uniformity testing, calibration testing, necessary maintenance that often gets overlooked for one too many years, only to find out you have one too many leaks out there.

“What we’re trying to do here is drive home the point that sometimes the best conservation methods are just a matter of routine maintenance.”

Best conservation practices can’t be forced on a farmer, and a farm’s watering permit can’t be revoked under existing law – which the state plan can’t change.

Nonetheless, conservation is given ample ink in the state water plan. Regional councils, local government and industries will be charged with developing conservation plans and demonstrate progress, or else. Imagine lost water permits, or higher rates for customers who use or waste the most water.

According to the United States Geological Survey, which prepares water use estimates every five years, thermoelectric power generation uses more water than any other activity in Georgia – about 3.31 billion gallons a day. It makes the Chattahoochee Riverwatch’s Bill Edwards wonder why the state energy strategy (released last year) and the water plan were not part of an integrated process.

“You can’t separate water and energy. You have to mesh the two plans. But right now they’re driving down separate roads,” Edwards says.

Lynn Smith believes that whatever emerges from the 2008 legislative session won’t be worth the paper it’s written on without a wholesale change in mindset, especially in regard to conservation.

“We can write all the laws we want to, but it’s only going to work if it’s the will of the people,” Smith says. “When we understand that each of us has to be part of the solution, we’re moving in the right direction. But it’s going to take education and angst to get us there.”

01/30/2014

01/30/2014

If anyone is interested in some good land deals from a wise investor, please click on the following link or cut and paste this address into your browser. Mr. Wooten purchased most of this property at auction from bankrupt banks and banksters. I was told by a wise investor that the third owner (this could be you) is usually the one that makes out the best.

http://owacc.com/Land%20Sales/land.html

01/29/2014

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01/29/2014

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01/24/2014

This is a photo of the equipment needed for a typical winter farm project. The Youngs used this equipment to remove some trees and moved some dirt to expand their farm. I believe they are making room to add another tower to their pivot. Each section of of an irrigation pivot is called a tower. Photo taken in Worth County Georgia USA.

01/23/2014

My brother in law works from Medders Irrigation. Doyle Medders, the owner, was telling me about some new technology that Valley is working on. RDI (Root Demand Irrigation) is being developed so that the irrigation system recognizes when the plant needs water and the system will release water underground to the roots. Researchers have found that corn plants release a chemical when the roots are searching and in need of water. The soaker type hose is precisely buried 12" (12 inches) beneath the soil. A 4" pump constantly circulates water through the underground soaker hose until needed. This would be a great system teamed up with a solar panel and pump system for remote areas and those seeking alternative irrigation and energy solutions. If you think about it, if it is not raining then the skies should be clear and sunny.

01/22/2014

Good peanut (groundnut) information from the Albany, Georgia USA newspaper.

01/21/2014

http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/1-front-top-news/153532-draft-seeds-act-forwarded-to-pm-for-approval-other-policies-on-cards-bosan.html

ISLAMABAD: The draft of Seeds Act has been vetted by Law Division and forwarded to the Prime Minister of Pakistan for the approval, Federal Minister for National Food Security and Research (MNF&R)

01/11/2014

Emerging Asian economies expanding the farming industry.

Chinese textile firm Shandong Ruyi Group is set to invest around US$ 2 billion in the textiles and energy sectors of Pakistan, over the next two years.According to a statement issued by Pakistan Prime Minister’s Office, a delegation of the Chinese firm including chairman Yafu Qui recently met with t...

01/11/2014

I was able to attend the South East Fruit & Vegetable Conference today in Savannah Georgia. The equipment you will see in the following photos are used in blueberry farming.