Ag Line: Home Garden Pecans
By Wade Parker County Extension Coordinator
      Even though it will soon be March, can you believe some people are still picking up yard pecans! I have heard some people in the pecan industry say this has been the largest yard tree crop since 1993. I, like the majority of people, thought the Easter freeze had destroyed the entire crop. However,...
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ANNUAL CALENDAR OF EVENTS
      FEBRUARY Feb. 21 - Millen Woman's Club fashion show featuring prom dresses, 7 p.m., Millen Baptist Church social hall, tickets $5. Feb. 23 - Eggs and Issues Legislative Breakfast, 8 a.m. Krystal's Taste of Kountry, Rep. Jon Burns and Sen. J.B. Powell to be present, tickets, $5.
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Black wins NCGA corn yield contest
      Lamar Black of Tilmanstone Farms recently won third place in the No Till/Strip Till Irrigated division of the 2007 National Corn Growers' Association (NCGA) Corn Yield Contest in Georgia. Black won with Pioneer brand hybrid 31D58, which yielded 258 bushels per acre.
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