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  • In Appling County we are still experiencing widespread power outages, no internet, and spotty cellular service. Commodity producers have took a hard hit from this storm on top of what has already been a tough year due to other weather events mixed with low commodity prices and high input prices. From my initial assessment of…

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  • We’ve been testing a new system developed by Natalia Peres, a UF/IFAS associate professor of plant pathology, to forecast when fungicides need to be applied. Currently, in Georgia we are experimenting with this in strawberries, but I hope this system or one similar can be used in many other crops in our area in the future. The system is called…

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  • Tropical Storm Erika

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  • From Jan. 1, 2013 to Aug. 22, 2013 we received 46.15 inches of rain and had 95 rainy days. From Jan. 1, 2012 to Dec. 31, 2012 we received 43.03 inches of rain and had 119 rainy days.     

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