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UGA Extension has provided online educational programming, consultations and essential lab services during the COVID-19 pandemic while observing safe health practices for employees and the public. We offer resources for adults and 4-H youth on health, food, finances, parenting, agriculture and more. For the latest status on programs, contact your local Extension office or visit the events calendar.

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Cooperative Extension is an outreach branch of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, College of Family and Consumer Sciences and Georgia 4-H. Our office serves the residents of Echols County with unbiased, research-based education in the areas of agriculture, natural resources, family development, housing/home environment, and youth development.


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Extension News
Frank McGill dies
Frank McGill dies McGill was known for helping Georgia advance to the No. 1 state for peanut production. By Josh Paine | Published: 3/5/2021
Pesticide trainings stay virtual
Pesticide trainings stay virtual Using Pesticides Wisely offering 11 virtual sessions for 2021 By Sean Montgomery | Published: 3/4/2021
Marketing webinars
Marketing webinars A free four-part webinar series will be held weekly beginning March 8. By Josh Paine | Published: 3/4/2021
Fast Snaps
Fast Snaps Study found that the mechanism that drives the jaws of trap-jaw ants evolved independently several times in a single ant genus. By Maria M. Lameiras | Published: 3/2/2021
Growing Pains
Growing Pains UGA’s range of efforts supporting Georgia agriculture is a resource network that reaches virtually every county and crop in the state. By Paige Parvin | Published: 3/2/2021
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Upcoming Events
Mar 13 - Mar 14 Bacon County District Project Achievement for 4th-6th Grades Alma, GA - (61.0 miles) 4-H Project Achievement
Mar 27 - Mar 28 Cloverleaf Project Achievement Douglasville, GA - (58.0 miles) 4-H Event
Apr 20 - Apr 21 Area Poultry Judging-Tift County Tifton, GA - (69.0 miles) https://georgia4h.org/programs/focus-areas/agriculture-stem/agriculture/livestock-and-animal-projects/judging-teams/poultry/
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