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Peanut Crop Update in the Southeast - Southeast AgNET

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Peanut Crop Update in the Southeast - Southeast AgNET

Peanut Crop Pegging Progress and Regional Outlooks U.S. Pegging Rate at 55% in Mid-July The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that the U.S. peanut crop is currently 55% pegging. That’s just below last year’s 56% but above the five-year average of 53%. Peanut Crop Update in the Southeast Crop condition ratings show strong performance so far: 0% very poor 3% poor 22% fair 64% good 1% excellent Overall, the peanut crop is dev…Read Article

GPC Hosting '26 Calendar Photo Contest - Southeast AgNET

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GPC Hosting '26 Calendar Photo Contest - Southeast AgNET

TIFTON, Ga. – The Georgia Peanut Commission (GPC) is once again hosting a photo contest through Oct. 1, 2025, featuring peanut farms from across the state to fill the pages of the 2026 Georgia Peanut Calendar. Photos will also be selected to be used in various promotional projects by GPC throughout the year. Georgia farmers are encouraged to submit their best high-resolution photo from throughout the growing season. Winning entries will be selec…Read Article

Georgia Peanut Commission Hosting 2026 Calendar Photo Contest

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Georgia Peanut Commission Hosting 2026 Calendar Photo Contest

TIFTON, Ga. — The Georgia Peanut Commission is hosting a photo contest through Oct. 1, 2025, featuring peanut farms from across the state to fill the pages of the 2026 Georgia Peanut Calendar. Photos will also be selected to be used in various promotional projects by GPC throughout the year. Georgia farmers are encouraged to submit their best high-resolution photo from throughout the growing season. Winning entries will be selected for each mont…Read Article

Austin Brown Gets A Second Chance On 'America's Got Talent,' Wins Over Judges With Original Song

Austin Brown is making headlines after returning to the America’s Got Talent (AGT) stage just days after being turned down by the judges with his original audition. Brown is a former member of country a cappella group Home Free, which he joined in 2012. After spending around 10 years honing in on his skills with the group and performing in competitions such as The Sing-Off in 2013, Brown decided to venture out on his own and explore a career as …America's Got Talent · Tifton Read Article

Honoring Dr. Bill Branch: Inventor of Georgia's Leading Peanut Variety

Today we honor Dr. Bill Branch, a leading figure in agricultural innovation at the University of Georgia Tifton campus, for his election as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors. Honoring Dr. Bill Branch: Inventor of Georgia’s Leading Peanut Variety Dr. Branch has made extraordinary contributions to the peanut industry, having developed 30 novel and licensed peanut varieties, including two of the most disease-resistant cultivars: Georgia…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Employers, Speak Up for Immigrant Workers

This month’s coast-to-coast protests against immigration raids seem to display a country more divided than ever over the place of immigrants in American life. Yet recent history shows one group that, speaking collectively, often bridged the divide between conservatives and pro-immigrant activists: employers. Since Trump’s reelection last fall, I’ve been curious: what will they do now—and could they reframe the immigration debate away from crimin…Immigration · Tifton Read Article

Seed Treatments A Focus During UGA Field Tour - Southeast AgNET

Peanut plants are growing at a field on the UGA Tifton Campus. The seeds were treated with a Kannar Earth Science product. By Clint Thompson Seed treatments are a vital part of the peanut production season. How peanut seeds are treated before being planted in the ground can set a grower up for success. Kannar and Albaugh hosted a field tour this week with the University of Georgia to showcase new technologies in development that will boost plant…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

ABAC recognizes local students for Spring Term academic excellence

Students who achieved academic excellence in their coursework during the Spring semester were recently recognized at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. ABAC cites its top academic students each semester on the President’s Honor List, the Dean’s Honor List and the Distinguished…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Tifton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Students

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A Tifton special education teacher surrendered to authorities earlier this month after being accused of assaulting students at Eighth Street Middle School, police said. Dixie Hardy, 55, faces felony and misdemeanor charges following a five-day investigation sparked by a school board complaint What We Know: The Tift County School Board alerted police May 9 about […] The post Tifton Teacher Charged With Assaulting Students appeared first on The Ge…Tifton · Tifton Read Article

Tift Regional ranks in small number of hospitals with CLABSI infection rate of zero

TIFTON - Tift Regional Medical Center is one of 339 U.S. hospitals and one of eight Georgia hospitals with a CLABSI infection rate of zero. The post Tift Regional ranks in small number of hospitals with CLABSI infection rate of zero appeared first on Valdosta Today.Tifton · Tifton Read Article

These states have investigated miscarriages and stillbirths as crimes

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MMPhoto21 // Shutterstock These states have investigated miscarriages and stillbirths as crimes In late March, police in southern Georgia arrested a 24-year-old woman who had a miscarriage after a witness reported seeing her place the fetal remains in a dumpster. The coroner in Tift County determined it was a 19-week fetus from a naturally occurring miscarriage, but some legal experts consider the arrest a bellwether for the criminal suspicion t…Roe V. Wade · Tifton See the Story

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