Water/Irrigation
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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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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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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…
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Looks like rain this weekend. There has been a decent amount of planting going on earlier this week, although with the expected rains this weekend the past day or so has really slowed down. Appling County row crop farmers are hoping to get a decent rain shower this weekend to provide some soil moisture to…
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Topics in This Newsletter Appling County Young Farmer / UGA Extension Pre-Planting Meeting Appling County Young Farmers and Appling County Extension are hosting a Pre-Planting Meeting together on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Turners Pond House. Dr. Wes Porter will be coming out and walking through setting up a planter hands-on with producers and dinner…
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Sign-up for the Master Irrigator Program began this Monday and will continue until Friday, February 1. The goal of this program is to help producers adopt efficient irrigation scheduling through promotion of UGA Irrigation research results and adoption of new technologies. Responsibilities for each entry are listed below. Project Guidelines: Grower obligations: UGA obligations: Sign-up:…
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