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Thank you to everyone who came out last week to the 2026 Appling/Wayne Cotton Production Meeting. We are very grateful of our 2026 ANR program sponsors in Appling county. We would also like to recognize our appreciation of our speakers Dr. Camp Hand, Dr. Phillip Roberts, and Audrey Young. Check the blog page for recaps…
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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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Topics in this Update: Southeast GA Pecan Press Here is the latest edition of pecan news in East Georgia. On-Farm Scab Fungicide Trial Data Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab: Fungicide Sensitivity Testing The UGA Plant Molecular Diagnostic Lab is now offering fungicide sensitivity testing for Pecan Scab. See the chart below for cost and fungicides screened.…
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Appling County UGA Extension 2026 Winter Production Meeting Schedule Pesticide and CCA credits will be offered at each meeting. 2026 Southeast Master Cattlemen’s Program Appling County UGA Extension is hosting the 2026 Southeast Master Cattlemen’s Program. Meetings will be held every Tuesday from 6:00pm-8:30pm beginning January 20, 2026 and ending March 17, 2026. Meetings will…
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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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2025 Appling County Blueberry Production Meeting Southeast Georgia Forestry Field Day Ware, Bacon, and Appling – Tri-County Forestry Meeting
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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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August/ September Aphid Flare Ups In my last pecan update I spoke about how we had not seen much aphid or mite pressure yet but to stay on the look out. The week after that post the aphids hit us hard in Appling County, especially on sumners. I have seen several spots of defoliated trees…
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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…