The “big” story in the world of row crop diseases in Georgia continues to be the equation: Crop growth stage and development + very hot temperatures + dry with sporadic rainfall = disease risk. For the peanut crop, these conditions could mean that growers will continue to see death from…
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Should I Use Gypsum on my Peanuts This Year? Or Maybe an Alternative Source of Calcium? HarrisThere doesn’t seem to be as much talk about a gypsum shortage this year, but there are still ‘supply chain” issues and price of input concerns to the point where there is plenty of…
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June 2022 Weather and Climate Outlook KnoxPam Knox Ag Climatologist with UGA shared the following. Over the past month, the temperature across the Southeast has been warmer than normal in almost all locations. Rainfall has been variable, with bands of wet and dry conditions across the region due to the…
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Georgia Grain News 6-3-22 Agents, We are seeing a lot in corn fields this week. Corn is tasseling and silking and some of the oldest is at the end of pollination, and it looks pretty well pollinated in most cases. Blister stage (R2) marks the end of pollination and we…
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by Bob Kemerait Rain for many growers is, as Luke Bryan says, “is a good thing” for growing a crop, but the combination of rain, warm temperatures, and corn approaching tassel does raise the ante for some important diseases. As of this morning, I don’t know of ANY soybean rust…
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Considerations for now: In Georgia, at least south of the “Gnat Line”, we had a fairly mild 2021-2022 winter. Regrowth cotton and volunteer peanuts and corn survived longer than was helpful and fed the nematodes that didn’t want to go to bed for the winter because soils were warm enough…
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