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Cotton

  • Cotton Market News

    Cotton Marketing News from Dr. Don Shurley, University of Georgia Prices Head North to “Testing Ground” As we get closer to beginning to put the 2015 crop in the ground around most of the Cotton Belt, prices for both old crop and new crop are improving—as we thought and hoped they would.  Old crop May…

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  • Cotton Market News

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  • The results from the 2014 UGA on farm cotton variety trials are below. These trials are conducted at 20 different farm locations across Georgia cooperating with County Extension Agents, the farm owners, and UGA Cotton Specialists. Each trial is 10 to 20 acres. These are not small plots at research stations. On average, the on…

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  • UGA Cotton Market Update

    Dr. Don Shurley, UGA Extension Ag Economist, gives us the following timely cotton update.  

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  • Frost and Freeze on Cotton

    The last frost we had burned most of the leaves on the cotton still left in fields and more cold weather is on the way. The damage was much worse for the later planted cotton that had quite a few bolls left to open. If you cut these bolls open and they’re brown, the boll was damaged by the frost and won’t open.…

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  • Crop Update

    Lesser Cornstalk Boer In Peanuts Lesser cornstalk borer (LCB) is a serious pest of peanut in Georgia, and we are seeing quite a bit of LCB activity. This pest thrives in hot, dry conditions and light sandy soils. Fields need to be scouted to determine if LCB is present. According to Dr. Mark Abney, UGA…

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  • Below are pictures from one of our on farm Telone plots at the Boyette’s. Telone was applied June 3rd. Cotton was planted on June 9. 22 days after planting you can already see a difference in where the Telone was applied. Like many fields in Appling County, this field has been in a peanut/cotton rotation…

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  • Appling County Cotton Fungicide Results

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  • Results from the 2013 Appling County cotton variety trial. Variety Yield DP 1252 1062 PHY 499 1055 CG 3787 1047 ST 5315 1027 DP 1137 1001 DP 1050 989 DG 2610 989 PHY 339 973 PHY 575 972 St 4946 912 ST 6448 904 FM 1944 890  

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