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  • Cotton Defoliation and Late Season Row Crop Disease Management Updates / Cotton Team Newsletter

    Defoliation Update (Camp Hand) Anyone who has heard me talk in the last month or so, whether it be at the Georgia Cotton Commission Mid-Year Meeting or at local defoliation updates, knows that I believe this crop is ahead of schedule. How far ahead of schedule? I think I could make an argument of 10-14…

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  • Upcoming UGA Cattle Programs and Recent UGA SE ANR Podcast “Graze Anatomy”

    The Master Cattlemen’s Program is being offered this fall in Newton County.  The program is going to be offered by Zoom so anyone across the state can attend if they choose to participate.  There is a $20 registration fee to attend by Zoom. The Master Cattlemen’s Program is an 8 week long program that meets…

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  • Approaching Row Crop Harvest

    We are on the tail end of the 2024 row crop season. Peanuts planted 1st week of May will be at around 120 days this weekend and this is when it is a good time to start thinking about pulling a sample from those fields to check the maturity of the crop. If you need…

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  • Fall Armyworm Update

    Fall armyworms has been the talk the past week in south Georgia. See the chart below for insecticide options for fall armyworms in pastures (Harvest Interval differs by crop). Below the chart is an article from UGA Specialists, Dr. Will Hudson and Dr. Lisa Baxter, regarding the recent outbreak of fall armyworms across Georgia. I…

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  • UGA Cotton and Peanut Newsletters

    See below newsletters from the UGA Cotton team and the UGA Peanut team, as well links to the most recent episodes of the UGA Cotton Team podcast “Talkin’ Cotton” and the UGA Peanut Team podcast “All about the Pod”.

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  • Upcoming Meetings and Events

    See the flyers below for upcoming meetings and events in Southeast Georgia. Register here for the Midville Field Day, https://hort.caes.uga.edu/calendar/event/2512/southeast-georgia-field-day.html. Register for the SE Citrus Update by calling the Tattnall County Extension Office (912)557-6724 or the Evans County Extension Office: (912)739-1292. Register for the SE Georgia Pecan Field Day by calling Andrew Sawyer (912)512-3030 or…

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  • Blueberry Production Meeting

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  • Peanut Harvest and Cotton Defoliation Oct. 9, 2023

    Peanuts (From Dr. Scott Monfort): It looks like the temperatures are moving more down than up.  I was hoping that we would remain warm in October but that is not the case. The mild weather has made it almost impossible to determine the best time to dig.  I know we have a lot of growers frustrated about…

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  • 2023 UGA Extension Appling County Corn Variety Trial

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  • Cotton Defoliation Week of 9/18/2023

    As we get closer to defoliation, Dr. Camp Hand shares with us his recommendations: “Looks like temps will stay in the 80s across the state this week, and in spots will go below 80 over the weekend. 3.2 oz/acre Dropp, 10 oz Folex, 32-42 oz/acre of Prep. Dropp rates should be increased in situations where there…

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