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It has been a slow start to the hay season this year with the extreme drought we had to begin the year but now the pastures and hayfields are really loving the rain from this past weekend. I have had some calls in the past couple weeks with failed stand establishment of Tif 85, it…
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Fields are still a little wet after the big rain on June 19th that came across south Georgia. South of Baxley received anywhere from 5-10″ of rain and north of Baxley received anywhere between 3-5″ of rain. The sudden down pour has delayed herbicide applications as well as fungicide applications in peanuts. With the beneficial…
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Algal Stem Blotch, Flea Beetles, and Ridomil and Velum Algal Stem Blotch Reports of Algal Stem Blotch have been received in Appling County this week on southern highbush as well as on Brightwell. More information on this disease can be found in the links below. Flea Beetles I have received multiple questions about flea beetles…
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Planting has come to a wrap and cotton/peanut stands are looking really good overall. Post herbicide applications are going out over cotton and peanuts, and first trips of peanut fungicide applications will ramp up over the next couple of weeks, along with calcium applications. It is also not too long until it is time to…
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Pecans have set their nut crop for 2026. I have started to see some PNC damage in orchards. We have begun to receive some sporadic rainfall at the end of May, and as we know this increases our risk of scab. Hopefully by now you have had atleast 1 spray on low scab potential varities…
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We have planted over half of our peanut and cotton acres in the past 2 weeks, and I would estimate that a little over half of peanut and cotton acres that will be planted this year are emerged. With the recent heavy rainfalls, I have seen some warrant damage to cotton and valor damage to…
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2026 East Georgia Pecan Field Day Please see the attached flyer about the East Georgia Pecan Field Day. Contact Pam Sapp at the Jefferson County Extension office to register for the field day. UGA Row Crop Insect Scout School Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean Insect Scout Schools (Phillip Roberts): Insect scouting schools will be conducted on…
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According to the UGA Weather Network, Baxley has received 3 inches of rain over the past 10 days. Even though we have received some much needed rain we are still in bad drought conditions. Cotton and Peanut planting kicked off early last week in Appling county and we now have a handful of fields with…
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We have received between a quarter and a half inch so far this week in Appling County and are forecasted for a 1 inch rain this Saturday. If it is true and we get this rain tomorrow we will see a lot of planters rolling in the fields next week to take advantage of the…
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Blueberry harvesting is in full swing in Appling County. Overall southern highbush production this year has been good, although due to the drought we do not have as large in size of blueberries this year. Looking at the 10- day forecast there are a few rainy days in the forecast including a large rain for…