UGA Cooperative Extension
Morgan County Extension Office:
News & Events
Upcoming Ag & Natural Resources & 4-H News, Events, Trainings, and Meetings
Agricultural Association Meetings:
- Piedmont Poultry Association, Tuesday, TBA, 7 p.m., Morgan County Farm Bureau, Please RSVP - call: 706-453-2083, Greene County Extension Office
- Morgan County Cattlemen's Association, Monday,TBA, 7:00 p.m., Madison Lions Club. Please RSVP - call: 706-342-2214, Morgan County Extension Office
- Morgan County Dairy Association, Monday, Sept. 20th, 7:00 p.m., GA Milk Producers Area Meeting, Bonner's Restaurant, Buckhead.
For more information about the above Association meetings please call the Morgan County Extension Office, 706-342-2214.
EVENTS:
- 2010 Georgia Grazing School,
Sept. 21-22 at the Houston Co. Extension Office, 801 Main Street, Perry, GA, 31069.
More information is posted here: http://www.caes.uga.edu/commodities/fieldcrops/forages/events/GS10/GS10.html.
To view the agenda: >>Grazing School Agenda 2010<<
NEWS:
- Bean Plataspid Bug Infesting Soybeans in NE Georgia- For more information on Bean Plataspid
- Georgia Forage News
- New email updates on Georgia Forage management issues and specific recommendation from Dr. Dennis Hancock, Forage Extension Specialist, University of Georgia. His aim is to provide mass distribution of information through the GeorgiaForages.com website. However, you can sign-up for email messages which serve to highlight timely forage management updates (such as, early armyworm reports, seed availability/shortages, upcoming meetings, announcements, etc.). To sign up for these updates click on the green “Sign Up for Email Updates” button on the www.georgiaforages.com
- Dr. Hancock has also started a new email notice program for participants in the Grazing Schools (GrazingSchool-L@listserv.uga.edu) and Hay Production Schools (HaySchool-L@listserv.uga.edu). Participants in these listservs (email notices) will receive information that is more relevant to them, as it will be targeting the topics specific to those schools and announcements about those upcoming events.
- Ask a Master Gardener? New service at Morgan County Office. Every Monday Morning from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon you can call our office or stop in to ask a Master Gardener about your plants, vegetables or plan for your future plantings. Our number is: 706-342-2214.
- Six Flags Over Georgia Tickets are available at Morgan County Office: $28.00 for child or adult (children under 2 are free). Cash only sales. We are open 8:00-5:00 M-F (closed for lunch 12:00 to 1:00)
Walk Georgia Information
Put on your shoes and join other Georgians as we move more become healthier. Walk Georgia is a free program open to adults, youth, families, schools, community organizations and employers. University of Georgia Morgan County Cooperative Extension invites you to spend eight weeks increasing 
your physical activity level in a fun, community-oriented way.
Fall 2010 registration: August 22-September 10th with the 8-week program starting September 5th-October 30th. To register visit the link listed below or stop in at the Morgan County Extension Office, 440 Hancock Street, Madison, GA. This is a free program. If you do not have Internet access our office can assist you with logging in your exercises.
To learn more about this free program, please visit www.walkgeorgia.org.
