Current List of Counties where Southern Corn Rust has been reported Mitchell (Stripling Plots) Clay Jeff Davis Laurens Dooly Atkinson Coffee Baker Early I think that is our current list Our row-crop disease situation is pretty much the same as from my last e-mail. Environmental conditions continue to be…
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Just a few notes this morning: Rain expected today and Saturday across much of southern Georgia will bring cool, wet soils that are perfect for seedling diseases in cotton and peanut. So, in my opinion, best to wait. I think Dr. Monfort and Dr. Hand would agree that planting either…
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Cold Temperatures and POST Field Corn Herbicide Applications (Prostko) Over the next few days (April 1-4), low daily air temperatures are expected to drop below 50 and even 40 degrees in many areas. Consequently, I would encourage any field corn grower who wants to make a POST herbicide application during…
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Some Reminders Before Field Corn Planting (Prostko) Based upon my 22 years of experience in Georgia, here are 3 things that I know will happen somewhere in a patch of field corn in 2021: 1) Herbicide carryover will be blamed for corn injury but low soil pH is the real problem (Figure…
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Acuron GT For Weed Control in Field Corn (Prostko) Syngenta recently received registration for a new postemergence field corn herbicide sold under the trade name of Acuron® GT. Acuron® GT is very similar to Halex® GT but it contains an additional active ingredient (bicyclopyrone). Syngenta has several similar field corn herbicides in the…
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Thanks to strong efforts from Dr. Joe “The Man” LaForest with Bugwood and Tracey Vellidis, we now have an automated version of “Peanut Rx 2020” on the UGA Peanut Extension website. I will be putting the current Industry Peanut Rx programs up there as well. A tremendous “thanks” to Joe…
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Thu. Jan 16, 2020 GA Peanut Farm Show UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center Fri Jan. 24, 2020 8:00 am Extension Peanut and Cotton Meeting Morehead Store Irwinville Jan 27- Mar 9, 2020 6:00 pm-8:30 pm Grass Masters (Consecutive Monday Nights – Cost $25) Ben Hill Senior Citizens Center Fitzgerald Register…
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Weed Control Update – July 16 (Prostko) A few things to consider based upon what I am seeing and hearing in the field: 1) Field corn harvest is just about to start or will start soon depending upon the county. Growers who have annual morningglory problems might want to consider…
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6-27-19 By: Rome Ethredge Grains are growing well where we have good rain or irrigation. Corn harvest will begin in a couple of weeks. Lots of corn denting now. Here’s an ear at ¼ milkline and notice not much dent. This is good as the kernel is so plumped the…
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by Rome Ethride Corn Maturity Corn is really moving as we are finding a lot of older, 90 days or so, corn that is beginning to Dent. So that’s R5 and the next stage is R6 or Black layer. That’s when the water can be cut off because…
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What I think is most important at the moment is white mold on peanuts. Conditions are red-hot for early outbreaks of white-mold based upon A) very hot temperatures in the recent past and now B) ample rainfall and soil moisture. Whether banded early season applications of Proline (5.7 fl oz)…
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