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  • Peanut Tips/Reminders

    Planting Tips Planting Date: The ideal planting window is between late April and late May in regards to yield potential. A good peanut crop can be grown outside of this planting window, although the risk of reduced yield is greater because of weather and risk of disease problems. Please keep these points in mind before…

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  • Ben Hill County Peanut Variety Trial Results and Yield averages across all locations

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  • Does Roundup + Atrazine Applied POST in Field Corn Reduce Yields? (Prostko)

     I recently received a phone call from a south Georgia corn farmer who told me that someone was going around saying that a Roundup + Atrazine tank-mix, applied POST in field corn, will reduce yields.  My response was show me the data.  Here is my data from 3 on-farm field trials conducted in a high…

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  • Cotton Update September – Defoliation and Newsletter

    Defoliation Update – Dr. Hand It’s that time of year again. The smell of Folex is in the air and I am starting to get THE question: “Camp, what’s the recipe for the week??” In my travels across the state, there are a good many fields that are ready to defoliate. Of course, in the…

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  • Home Emergency Preparedness Checklist

    Please see the document below for a great checklist ahead of bad weather.

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  • Row Crop Disease Update – Dr. Kemerait

    Weather has been good for whitemold development (6 AM, 76F and 96% humidity this morning, perfect for a white mold gone wild festival) That is how white mold is this year.  Because of the weather, it keeps going and going and going if not kept in check with an effective fungicide program. Pictures today are…

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  • GDA Georgia Clean Day Scheduled

    The Georgia Department of Ag has rescheduled their Pesticide Clean Day for August 16 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM at Tri County Gin. Address is: 561 Sinkhole Rd. Douglas, GA 31535. This is a great opportunity to dispose of old unwanted pesticides. The program is free of charge.

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  • Tank-Mixes, Perennial Weeds, and Pink Purslane by Dr. Prostko

    Tank-Mixes, Perennial Weeds, and Pink Purslane (Prostko)  A few things for you to chew on: 1)  The following are some pictures of a few peanut tank-mixes that I observed over the last few weeks that were not included in previous slides I sent you.  Nothing too scary here. 2)  Last week, I received numerous inquiries…

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  • July Cotton Team Newsletter

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  • Row Crop Disease Update Dr. Kemerait

    Website link to keep a check on Southern Corn Rust in Ga I believe the threat of southern corn rust and soybean rust is severe enough for our most southern counties that should strongly consider application of a fungicide if a) the yield potential is good, b) corn is between VT and R6 growth stages,…

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