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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

    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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  • Cotton newsletter June 2023

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: Nutrient Requirements in Cotton (Henry Sintim and Glen Harris): Adequate and balanced supply of nutrients is necessary to optimize the productivity of cotton, just as any other crop. Without the right balance and amount of nutrients, plant growth would be impaired, significantly reducing yield and quality, or even leading…

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  • 2023 UPW Trainings

  • Nov. 9-10 Tifton, GA This year, the Georgia Ag Labor Relations Forum will be in person at ABAC’s Georgia Museum of Agriculture in Tifton, Georgia November 9-10. Hear advice from industry experts to help you comply with labor regulations and get updates about OSHA and DOL in this new COVID world.  This event is suited…

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought (Yangxuan Liu) Importance of End of Season Irrigation Termination and Disease Control in Cotton (BobKemerait, Wesley Porter, David Hall, Jason Mallard) Weather and Climate outlook for September 2022 and Beyond (Pam Knox) Late Season Management Considerations for Diseases and…

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  • September 2022 Peanut Pointers

    Water Requirement vs Water Supplied (a different perspective)R. Scott Tubbs & Wesley M. Porter, UGA When considering monthly rainfall averages, looks can be deceiving. For example, let’s look at therainfall received during the current 2022 growing season at Midville, GA according to the University ofGeorgia Weather Network (georgiaweather.net). In Table 1, the section labeled A…

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  • Articles in this month’s issue include: What is Behind the Recent Cotton Futures Market Plunge? (Yangxuan Liu) Calibration Considerations for Liquid Fertilizer Applications (Simer Virk) Abiotic Stress in Cotton (John Snider, Ved Parkash, Gurpreet Virk, Camp Hand) July Weather and Climate Outlook (Pam Knox) July Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Considerations (Jason Mallard, David Hall, Wesley Porter)…

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