2024 Field Days: Stop 5 – UGA Extension – Kichler

Contact: Jeremy Kichler, [email protected]

2024 Colquitt County on farm demonstrations conducted at the Sunbelt Ag Expo
County agents and Extension specialists provide research-based information to growers, consultants, and industry. One of the challenges to generating data is finding locations to conduct field demonstrations. The Sunbelt Expo has been a great partner over the years to help the Extension and industry generate data for the agricultural community. This year, the Colquitt County Extension has been conducting on-farm demonstrations in corn and peanut production at the Sunbelt Agricultural Expo.

Let’s discuss the projects pertaining to corn production. The Sunbelt Ag Expo is one of six locations in Southwest Georgia participating in the UGA On-Farm Corn Variety Evaluation. Ten total varieties were provided from Agratech, Croplan, DeKalb, Dynagro, and Pioneer for this multi-location project, and each variety will have numerous replications across the field at each location. This location also included additional varieties from Integra, NK, and Seedway. Yield data from this project will be provided after harvest. 

Biologicals have been a topic of discussion in agriculture. Three biological treatments that are supposed to enhance nutrient uptake, decrease crop stress, and increase yields are being evaluated at the Sunbelt Expo again this year in corn production. This field experiment is replicated three times, and yield data will be provided after harvest.