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  • We are on the tail end of the 2024 row crop season. Peanuts planted 1st week of May will be at around 120 days this weekend and this is when it is a good time to start thinking about pulling a sample from those fields to check the maturity of the crop. If you need…

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  • See below newsletters from the UGA Cotton team and the UGA Peanut team, as well links to the most recent episodes of the UGA Cotton Team podcast “Talkin’ Cotton” and the UGA Peanut Team podcast “All about the Pod”.

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  • Peanuts (From Dr. Scott Monfort): It looks like the temperatures are moving more down than up.  I was hoping that we would remain warm in October but that is not the case. The mild weather has made it almost impossible to determine the best time to dig.  I know we have a lot of growers frustrated about…

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  • As we get closer to defoliation, Dr. Camp Hand shares with us his recommendations: “Looks like temps will stay in the 80s across the state this week, and in spots will go below 80 over the weekend. 3.2 oz/acre Dropp, 10 oz Folex, 32-42 oz/acre of Prep. Dropp rates should be increased in situations where there…

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  • Cotton newsletter June 2023

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: Nutrient Requirements in Cotton (Henry Sintim and Glen Harris): Adequate and balanced supply of nutrients is necessary to optimize the productivity of cotton, just as any other crop. Without the right balance and amount of nutrients, plant growth would be impaired, significantly reducing yield and quality, or even leading…

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought (Yangxuan Liu) Importance of End of Season Irrigation Termination and Disease Control in Cotton (BobKemerait, Wesley Porter, David Hall, Jason Mallard) Weather and Climate outlook for September 2022 and Beyond (Pam Knox) Late Season Management Considerations for Diseases and…

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: What is Behind the Recent Cotton Futures Market Plunge? (Yangxuan Liu) Calibration Considerations for Liquid Fertilizer Applications (Simer Virk) Abiotic Stress in Cotton (John Snider, Ved Parkash, Gurpreet Virk, Camp Hand) July Weather and Climate Outlook (Pam Knox) July Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Considerations (Jason Mallard, David Hall, Wesley Porter)…

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