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Corn Special Agent Cale Cloud of Grady County just sent me this photo showing denting corn where they had limited irrigation during late pollination(R1) and blister(R2) and perhaps milk(R3) stages. That was when we were having extreme heat and dry weather. On the very tip there was no pollination then as we go down the…
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Sunflower Weed Control and Windmillgrass (Prostko) A few things you might find interesting: 1) Here’s why Valor (flumioxazin) ain’t labeled for weed control in sunflowers! 2) Lots of questions lately about windmillgrass aka fingergrass (Chloris spp.). Could be an annual or perennial plant depending upon the species. Supposed to be very sensitive to Roundup (glyphosate), Poast…
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Environmental conditions that are warm and humid like these coupled with crop development are driving our disease situation hard now. White mold: see attached pictures from Jeremy in Colquitt County and Cale in Grady County. Note the thin, wispy development of the white mold pathogen Sclerotium rolfsii at the crown of the plants and on…
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Corn, Cotton, Soybeans, and Peanuts.
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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 Aspergillus crown rot even as…
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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 talk about whether to apply…
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What are my thoughts about controlling large pigweed in peanuts with Cobra or Ultra Blazer? 1) I do not have a preference between Cobra or Ultra Blazer if the pigweed plants are 2″-4″ tall. 2) I do prefer Cobra over Ultra Blazer when plants get bigger than that. But, I would not expect any miracles…
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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 impacts of slow-moving fronts that…
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