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Last month, The Biden Administration announced new actions aimed at protecting workers and communities from extreme heat. Georgia farmers are no strangers to working in hot conditions and taking steps to limit heat exposure for workers. Since 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has conducted over 2,800 heat focused inspections, and we know visits in Georgia have already begun. …
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GEORGIA COTTON COMMISSION’S 2023 MID-YEAR MEETING & UGA COTTON PRE-HARVEST WORKSHOPJuly 26, 2023 Nessmith-Lane Conference CenterStatesboro, GeorgiaPre-register FREE https://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ce/conferences/georgia-cotton-commissions-mid-year-meeting/
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Southern corn rust confirmed in Appling county. It wasn’t spread wide across the field, and so little was on the leaf that I nearly missed it (not like the picture below). Nonetheless, it is here. If corn is between VT stage and R6 stage with good yield potential, consider applying a fungicide. Corn sprayed within…
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The US EPA announced today that it will revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos. This will take effect 6 months after the final rule is published in the Federal Register. I do not know how long that will take, but I expect a matter of weeks. The link below will take you to an EPA website…
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The University of Georgia Cotton Team would like to invite you to attend our annual cotton county production meetings virtually. Specialists from the University of Georgia Extension Cotton Team will discuss current topics covering agronomics, fertility, irrigation, pest management, and economics with results from recent field trials. All of these talks will be presented on four separate days through January and February to…
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Georgia Crop Condition, drought monitoring, and rainfall.
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Fruit Thinning Many orchards will need fruit thinning this year. See a blog post from Lenny Wells giving details on how this process works: https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan/2015/07/time-for-fruit-thinning/
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Soybean rust was found on kudzu in Jefferson County yesterday for the first time. Soybean rust has been found in kudzu now across the Coastal Plain. Because of this, I advise all soybean producers in the southern half of the state to make a fungicide application at R3 early pod set growth stage. Cotton leaf…
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Over the last years I’ve been working with UGA and involved in pecans, I hear many ideas from new and old growers on irrigation. Some say, “don’t water the tree so the roots will be stronger.” Others have said that irrigation is what makes trees fall over during storms. Well, I won’t say that both…
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