Peanuts
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Talkin/ Cotton Podcast – Season 1, Episode 20 Below is a link to episode 20 of the Talkin’ Cotton Podcast, where we discussed the federal economic and disaster assistance that was voted on and approved (12/21/24), and will provide some much needed relief for Georgia growers. Remember that this link takes you to buzzsprout, but…
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Cotton Defoliation Update and Management Considerations Following Hurricane Helene (Camp Hand) As we are dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, we have begun getting questions on how to deal with certain situations in our cotton crop. Please read the following document below for thoughts from myself and Wade Parker on moving forward with the…
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Defoliation Update (Camp Hand) Anyone who has heard me talk in the last month or so, whether it be at the Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting or at local defoliation updates, knows that I believe this crop is ahead of schedule. How far ahead of schedule? I think I could make an argument of 10-14…
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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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Water Requirement vs Water Supplied (a different perspective)R. Scott Tubbs & Wesley M. Porter, UGA When considering monthly rainfall averages, looks can be deceiving. For example, let’s look at therainfall received during the current 2022 growing season at Midville, GA according to the University ofGeorgia Weather Network (georgiaweather.net). In Table 1, the section labeled A…
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It’s hot and dry, which means lesser cornstalk borers (LCB) will most likely be an issue in peanuts in 2022. Lesser cornstalk borers thrive in hot, dry conditions, and they generally do very poorly in fields that receive adequate moisture, but irrigated fields are not immune from attack. We do sometimes see LCB at damaging…
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Early to Mid-Season Irrigation for PeanutsWesley Porter, Extension Precision Ag and Irrigation Specialist, UGADavid Hall, Extension Water Educator, UGAJason Mallard, Extension Water Agent, UGA Similar to May of 2021 which was very hot and dry, we had some very hot and dry weather during Mayof 2022, dry enough that we have needed to apply some…
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