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Berrien County
UGA Extension Office

Our Impact

Making A Difference in Our County

University of Georgia Cooperative Extension is working hard for its constituents. The following are examples of Extension’s impact in the county over the past year.

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4-H Youth Development

In 2025, Berrien County 4-H reached 316 youth through a variety of activities, events, meetings, and contests. Of 316 youth enrolled in 4-H in 2025, 77 participated in a district or statewide competition (24.3% of enrollment). An additional 69 4-H'ers participated in a district or statewide event/contest/competition equaling 46.2% of enrollment. Another 42 youth participated only at the county level, increasing overall participation to 188 of 319 enrolled or 59.4% of enrollment.  Youth in Berrien County were involved in District Project Achievement, Summer Camp, Cotton Boll and Consumer Judging, Poultry Judging, S.A.F.E.  modified trap team, livestock shows, art and recipe contests.  Youth also participate in a variety of community service activities as a club as well as individually. This year, Berrien County 4-H collected the most pop tabs (400+ pounds) for our district.  Volunteers are also an important part of the 4-H program.  Volunteers enable Berrien 4-H to offer programming that could not be offered otherwise  by contributing over 500 hours of their time preparing youth for competitions.

AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Each year, Berrien County Extension works along with UGA crop specialists to conduct numerous on farm agricultural trials to explore new as well as existing production techniques. Fungal diseases like leaf spot and white mold affect peanut farmers from obtaining top yields. Disease is managed by spraying fungicides every two weeks starting 30-45 days after planting until about two weeks before digging. With several quality peanut fungicides on the market, it is not always apparent which one performs best in Berrien County soil. In 2025, Berrien County Extension evaluated eight fungicide programs in a non-irrigated field for yield and white mold incidence. The results show that the top performing program only had 1.5% white mold incidence, and the poorest performing had 30%. Likewise, the top-performing program yielded 3,926 pounds per acre, while the poorest yielded 3,039, a difference of 887 pounds per acre. Using a $355 USDA loan value, this equates to a loss of $157 an acre. A grower farming 100 acres of peanuts would have a loss of nearly $16,000. UGA Extension in Berrien County will continue to provide important research that benefits the agricultural industry.