UGA Cooperative Extension
Morgan County Extension Office:
Agriculture & Natural Resources
Extension Agent's News Articles
News articles written by Morgan County Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent, Bobby Smith, that appear in the Morgan County Citizen and The Herald-Journal on topics for your garden, farm and family.
2012
- Morgan County Extension Agent wins Dairy Education Award and Raburn Cooperative Service Award
- Morgan County 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl Teams Capture Third
2011
- Winter Grain Mites
- Chinch Bugs, Fire Ants, and Master Gardener Mondays
- Morgan County Extension Agent wins NACAA DSA Award
- 2011 Morgan County Farm Bureau Lamb & Goat Show
- 2011 Southeast Dairy Retreat
- Morgan County UGA Master Cattlemen's Program
- Feeding Drought Stressed Corn (This news article was written by Sarah Bolton, UGA Summer Intern)
- June is Dairy Month
- Bugs, Bugs and More Bugs
- Madison Dairy Wins GA Environmental Stewardship Award (This a news column first published by Stephanie Schupska is a news editor with the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.)
- Mastitis Workshop and Udder Lab Held
- Morgan County Junior 4-H Dairy Judging Team Captures First and the Senior 4-H Dairy Judging Team places Third at State Dairy Judging Contest
- April Area Agriculture Education Events
- Morgan County 4-H Jr. Dairy Quiz Bowl Team Captures First and Third
- 2011 Charles Bell Memorial Commercial Dairy Heifer Show
2010
- Animal Science Programming Award for Excellence in Livestock Education presented to Morgan County Ag Agent, Bobby Smith
- 2010 Piedmont Hay Contest
- Morgan County Senior 4-H Dairy Judging Team Finished Twelfth at Pennsylvania All-American 4-H Dairy Judging Contest
- Master Gardener Update
- 2010 Morgan County Farm Bureau Lamb and Goat Show
- Armyworms in Pasture, Hayfields and Turf
- Bean Plataspid found in NE Georgia Soybean Fields
- July is National Ice Cream Month!
- Morgan County Master Gardener Receives Lifetime Master Gardener Certificate
- A Salute to Lake Oconee Area Dairy Farmers
- May (One of the Best Months to Battle Fire Ants in Your Yard and Pasture)
- Carpenter Bees
- Wet Conditions Can Harm Camellias, (This a news column first published by a fellow County Agent, Charles Phillips, who just retired from Cooperative Extension in Columbia County)
- Home Lawn Weed Identification and Control
- Morgan County Junior 4-H Dairy Judging Team Captures First and Senior 4-H Dairy Judging Team Places Second at State Judging Contest
- Prowl H2O - Now Labeled in Forage Bermuda Grass
- 2010 Charles Bell Memorial Commerial Dairy Heifer Show
- Winter Grain Mites
2009
- Area Producers Produce High Quality Hay
- Morgan County Agent Wins Pennington Forage Award
- Dairy and Beef Fall Workshop
- Got Late Hay
- Fall Planting Uses Less Water to Establish New Plants
- Autumn Spiders
- Livestock Producers Beware: Frost-Damaged Forages Can Be Deadly
- Madison Area Lamb and Goat Show
- Morgan County Youth and Leader Participation in National 4-H Dairy Conferences
- Learning For Life - UGA Cooperative Extension
- Welcome Jona and Annie!
- Come Join the Master Gardener Program
