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Hunt Sanders Most of the calls I have receive are related to stand issues. Do some digging. See what percentage of the seed is rotted or germinated. Conditions this year (cool nights and wet after planting) have caused emergence delays up to 16-20 days. Peanuts: That first week of May planting has had some issues…
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Have young scouts? Want a refresher on scouting techniques? Want updates on insect pests? Come to the Cotton, Peanut, and Soybean Insect Scout Schools Figure 2: Insect scout school information Figure 3 Peanut water use curve A few Things to consider: 1.) Protect your seed by keeping it dry and out of harsh conditions 2.)…
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Hunt Sanders Many peanut growers are likely to begin or already have begun treating their fields with early-postemergence (“cracking”) applications of Gramoxone (paraquat). Here are a few tips for success as well as some pictures from “cracking” treatments that I applied just last week: 1) Cracking applications can be applied from peanut emergence up until…
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Hunt Sanders Preparing for the season: One of the most important things you can do to protect yourself, your farm, and steward pesticide use is by keeping good records of what you do during pesticide applications. If you don’t already have a good pesticide record keeping system, I encourage you to reach out soon to…
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Hunt Sanders South Georgia is in an extreme drought. Many counties are in Exceptional drought. Ben Hill County is mostly under the D4 “Exceptional Drought”. Check out the detailed forecast below from the National Weather Service. Podcasts: Pecan Podcast: In a Nutshell Cotton Podcast Entomology Cotton Podcast Diseases Peanut Podcast “all about the pod” Some…
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Hunt Sanders Link to Georgia Livestock Review Link to Feeder Cattle Futures Quotes Link to UGA Beef Page Develop Drought Strategy: 1: Understand where you are at in production 2: Understand forage situation 3: Explore all options for feed resources Nutrition Requirements What are some roughage sources to replace hay? Wheat straw Gin Trash Cotton…
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UGA weather station data from Tifton: Georgia is currently experiencing a severe drought. As of August 2025, the state has not received sufficient replenishing rainfall and is now approximately 15 inches below normal precipitation levels. This deficit presents a significant concern when we consider the source of much of our water supply. In South Georgia,…
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