It’s been several years since Keith Hulin hosted a major event at his room, Emerald Billiards, in New Iberia, LA. As the school has gradually made the change back to in-person learning, she has begun to discover and integrate herself into the community here at UGA.Roland Garcia with Tommy Terrebonne and room owner Keith Hulin This caused difficulty as she was attempting to find her place a community within a new school and program. In addition, she attendeding Junior-Senior Project Achievement at Rock Eagle, assisted with Cloverleaf Project Achievement, and attended summer camp.Ī learning curve that Macie she faced when beginning graduate school, was that most classes and meetings were being held through Zoom. In Worth County, Wheeler works under ANR Agent, Scott Carlson and 4-H Agent, Kristen Ford. Every day looks different and, generally, she works 20 hours a week answering grower calls, making farm visits, attending educational training, performing trials from UGA Extension Specialists, and working in the office. Brian Schwartz and the Turf Team are hopeful for a release in the future.
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Zoysia is an overall lower maintenance grass that requires less fertilizer and is more shade tolerant. Unfortunately, zoysia grasses are is not perfect as, they can need to be watered often and are typically more susceptible to diseases. These experimental cultivars are still in evaluation and being researched to their full potential, but Dr. These cultivars could benefit homeowners economically by reducing the amount of mowing required. Brian Schwartz., Associate Professor in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department. It is a mowing frequency height assessment to discover a zoysia grass cultivar(s) more suitable for homeowners. With the assistance of her co-advisors and the UGA Southwest district, she has projects in turf and an assistantship at the Worth County Extension office, as well. Multi-state trials are also being conducted in the peanut belt to evaluate the effects of in-furrow fertilizer in different climates and growing conditions More research Ffollowed up, this growing season with two on-farm trials, one irrigated and one dry land. This project was started in a bare-ground greenhouse last, during the winter.
The utilization of in-furrow applications for inoculants in peanuts has provided the opportunity for the industry to recommend other in-furrow products, including fertilizer. However, they have never been recommended in peanuts. Plant fertilizers are typically recommended in a 2x2 (2 inches down x 2 inches to the side) application in row crops such as corn and cotton. Scott Monfort, who would later become her co-advisor.įor her peanut project, Wheeler is studying the effect of in-furrow fertilizers on peanut germination. Her goal before beginning graduate school was to become well-rounded and knowledgeable of the major crops in the south. While there, she was encouraged to pursue graduate school, because of career goals with extension and research. Brian Schwartz in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department (Plant Breeding and Genomics). Wheeler began working at the University of Georgia (UGA) – Tifton as a Student Worker, under Drs. During her time at ABAC is where she discovered her passion for agriculture. She obtained a bachelor’s in Environmental Horticulture from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College (ABAC) in the fall of 2020. Although she did not grow up in 4-H or FFA, she did have a passion for hard work, the outdoors, and an appreciation for where her food and fibers came from. Macie Wheeler is a Graduate Research Assistant in the Crop and Soil Sciences Department from Thomasville, Georgia.
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