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Sunbelt Expo Field Day – Please make plans to attend the 2021 Expo Field Day. The Field Day will be conducted in the same drive-through format as 2020. Registration for the event will occur when you arrive and pull up to begin self-guided drive through tour. Representatives will be available and present at field plots…
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Just a few things I thought you might be interested in seeing from my research plots over the last few days (a la Dr. Bob K., the E-Mail King of Georgia): 1) The most effective weed control program (in any crop) happens by starting clean, using a strong residual program that gets activated by rainfall/moisture,…
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Tobacco Budworm has been found at threshold levels in a few fields in Ben Hill and surrounding counties. Scouting is important. If you are not scouting for foliage feeders it may be a good time to take a look. I have checked a few fields around the county but have not found any at this…
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1. Rain will continue to delay timely fungicide applications for our peanuts, corn, and possibly soybeans. When we can get back in the field, careful selection of fungicides with systemic and curative activity is increasingly important. 2. This weather should both flair infections and development of diseases and facilitate spread. 3. Many important diseases are…
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Mixing Order of Pesticides is Important (Prostko) This is a friendly reminder to all young and old extension agents that the tank-mixing order/sequence of pesticides is very important. I discussed this topic in a previous UGA Weed Science Blog (Tank-Mixing – April 4, 2018) so check that one out so I do not have to reinvent the…
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Dicamba Label Update… On April 26, 2021 the U.S. EPA declined Georgia’s 24(C) XtendiMax label request that would have improved grower flexibility whenapplying this herbicide. Thus, all XtendiMax applications must follow requirements in accordance with the federal label. UGA iscommitted and excited to work with the GDA and the U. S. EPA to resolve this…
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Below is a direct link to the PDF document file:///C:/Users/handerson/Documents/Holly%20AG/PDFS/prostko-2021-control-peanut-corn-soy.pdf file:///C:/Users/handerson/Documents/Holly%20AG/PDFS/prostko-2021-control-peanut-corn-soy.pdf
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UPW Training – final
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Late-Season Applications of Glyphosate and Weed Seed Production (Prostko) Now that many growers are finishing up with field corn harvest, I have been getting lots of questions about the potential effects of late-season applications of glyphosate on the production of weed seed. Very glad to see that growers/agents are thinking about this issue. …
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