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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.
Healthy Georgia Connections Newsletter
Welcome!
The University of Georgia Taylor County Cooperative Extension Office extends lifelong learning to Georgia citizens through unbiased, research-based education in agriculture, the environment, communities, youth and families.
Taylor County faculty and trained support staff provide educational programs as well as a number of ag testings services to the citizens of Taylor County. Our Ag agent provides unbiased, research-based info that helps clients make critical decisions. Extension recommendations focus on maximizing production and profit, while minimizing environmental impacts. Our 4-H Program Assistant creates and organizes youth educational programs including competitive events which will assist young people to develop citizenship, leadership, responsibility and life skills through experiential learning. We also provide information to help citizens live healthier lives through home food preservation, and assistance with diets for seniors and diabetics.
UGA Extension operates through a unique partnership with Taylor County, the University of Georgia, the State of Georgia and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Backed up by specialists and a network of resources, Extension Agents have been on the job in Georgia since 1914.
If you don't find what you're looking for here on our website and want to know more, please contact us.
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Peaches in a Tree -
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Wheat Field
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Jan 25 - Apr 5 Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) VITA is a FREE tax preparation service provided through the University of Georgia. This program is available Monday through Friday from 9am to 4pm at the Monroe County Extension Office. APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED for this service. Please call 478-994-7014 or email nicole.walters@uga.edu to see if you qualify or to make an appointment.
- Forsyth, GA - (35.0 Miles)
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Apr 15 - Apr 16 Area Poultry Judging-Henry County https://georgia4h.org/programs/focus-areas/agriculture-stem/agriculture/livestock-and-animal-projects/judging-teams/poultry/
- McDonough, GA - (63.0 Miles)
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Apr 20 - Apr 21 Area Poultry Judging-Tift County https://georgia4h.org/programs/focus-areas/agriculture-stem/agriculture/livestock-and-animal-projects/judging-teams/poultry/
- Tifton, GA - (87.0 Miles)
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Fast Snaps
Study found that the mechanism that drives the jaws of trap-jaw ants evolved independently several times in a single ant genus.
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Growing Pains
UGA’s range of efforts supporting Georgia agriculture is a resource network that reaches virtually every county and crop in the state.
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Student Profile: Ivan Chapu
Ugandan graduate student Ivan Chapu has dedicated himself to adapting handheld sensors to help groundnut breeders generate resilient varieties that will help farmers to succeed. His passion for new technology led him in an unexpected direction – into a peanut field – where the Makerere University master’s student also discovered a love for research.