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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Status Update: All Extension face-to-face programming and events have been canceled or postponed through April 24. For now, the majority of our local County Extension Offices are closed to the public or are limiting access. Read the full announcement.

While it is not at all "business as usual," we want to assure you UGA Extension is committed to doing all we can to be a part of the solution in this unique situation. UGA Extension offers resources on sanitizing your home, hand washing, emergency food supplies, and keeping farm operations running.

COVID-19 Resources

In an abundance of caution due to the Coronavirus outbreak, our office is currently closed. All UGA Extension Screven County programs and events are cancelled through at least April 30, 2020. If you need to contact staff, please email us or call. We are monitoring this situation closely, and this schedule is subject to change.

We are still accepting soil, water, and plant samples. There is a place to put them with instructions; located right beside the front door of our office.

If you have any questions, please feel free to let us know.

Telephone: (912) 564-2064
Email: uge3251@uga.edu

In addition, UGA Extension has many valuable resources for assisting our community citizens during this time. Please visit https://extension.uga.edu/to…/timely-topics/emergencies.html .

This is uncharted territory for all of us; we appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to provide Extension services to the citizens of Screven County.

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Upcoming Events

Apr 7 - Apr 8 Hay & Baleage Short Course Weed control, sprayer calibration & cleanout, Inoculants and preservatives, matching forage to animal needs, forage testing, soil testing, compaction, & moisture testing, Ag technology, using a Lightbar, UAV demo and variable rate fertilizer. Speakers will be: Dr Lisa Baxter, Brooke Hampton, Wheeler County Agent; Jennifer Miller, Jeff Davis County Agent and Steven Powell, Treutlen County Agent Alamo, GA - (84.0 Miles)
Apr 14 *Postponed* Yes I Can! Home Food Preservation: Fermented Products Interested in making your own sauerkraut? This hands-on home food preservation workshop is for you! Waynesboro, GA - (31.0 Miles)
Apr 16 - Apr 17 (Postponed) Area Poultry Judging-Toombs County Poultry judging is an evaluation event in which students learn and understand standards used in poultry and egg production and marketing, and to apply the standards in a realistic decision-making situation. During the contest, participants judge both live specimens and market poultry, identify parts of birds already prepared for market, and evaluate eggs as to their quality and readiness for market. For at least one class, typically a live production class, participants are asked to justify their placing decisions through a set of oral reasons. https://georgia4h.org/programs/focus-areas/agriculture-stem/agriculture/livestock-and-animal-projects/judging-teams/poultry/ Lyons, GA - (59.0 Miles)

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