Peanuts
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Topics in this Newsletter: 2026 Appling County Winter Production Meeting Schedule There are still a few meetings left on this years winter production meeting schedule for Appling County. REMINDER! The Row Crop Weed Meeting and the Cotton Production Meeting will be held at Turners Pondhouse (302 Dixon Rd Surrency, GA 31563), each of theese meetings…
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Peanut grades have gone up some in the last week for our area, but not for the state. Cotton picking is slow to start but some bales have been harvested. Forecasts are still showing little to no rain over the next 10 days and temps are starting to drop off some now. Topics In this…
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Overcast conditions with rainfall, not enough to amount to much, are slowing down our peanut harvesting to begin this week. There are some days in the 10 Day forecast with decent chances of rain, I hope we get those rains and can utilize the soil moisture to dig some mature dryland peanuts. I am still…
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We had a good turnout last week at the Southeastern Gin Harvest Meeting. Thank you, Southeastern Gin and Peanut, for hosting UGA Extension at your facility and for the meal that was served. Several UGA Specialists were in attendance and gave very timely information to the producers that were present. A couple of cotton fields…
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There will be a handful of meetings this month in Appling County, see the list below for meeting information. I blasted my first peanut pod sample for 2025 last Friday, they were 120 days old DG 913 peanuts and looked to be about 17-21 days out from digging, this could be longer due to the…
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The hot topic this week has been the Cotton Jassid. Multiple fields in the county are being treated for this pest, very few fields with damage are being observed though. 7 DAT data has been collected from the Appling County Cotton Jassid Insecticide Efficacy trial see that in Dr. Roberts update below. Dr. Roberts, Zack…
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We are halfway through August and it wont be long until we are turning some peanuts over and then defoliating some cotton. With that being said, our annual Southeastern Gin Harvest Meeting has been set. See the flyer below for details on that. Disease pressure has start to ramp up a bit in some peanut…
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We were dry and now it has turned off wet again with several rainy days in the forecast. I still have not been able to find a population of foliage feeders in a peanut field in the county… fingers crossed, see Dr. Abneys update on insects in peanut further in this newsletter. I was starting…
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It is going to be hot, hot, hot this weekend. Forecasts are showing triple digits for Saturday-Monday, with a high of 104 for Monday. Be careful in this heat and stay hydrated. Crops in the county are looking really good after some needed showers this week, and looking at the forecast they are calling for…
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I was out of the county last week at 4H camp, so this update is for this week and last week which makes it a bit long. There is a lot of good information in here from specialists, as well as some meeting reminders at the end. I highly encourage cotton producers to attend the…