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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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Hot and hotter. 5:20 AM and my air conditioner is running. I’m not the only one awake now. Who else is awake? White mold and Southern corn rust are awake. They never sleep. I guarantee the warm night temperatures now and the humidity are fueling them. I can almost hear them. Be prepared. It’s going…
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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 quickly thereafter enter the Milk…
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A few things for you to consider, fresh from the field: 1) New technologies are great but you can control weeds without it. Nothing beats starting clean, using a strong residual herbicide (activated with moisture) at planting, followed by a timely POST (with more residual). The Palmer amaranth population in these soybean plots is both…
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“Cracking” Time Again on Peanuts (Prostko) Many peanut growers are in the field right now making “cracking” applications of paraquat (whether they really need it or not?). I always get tons of questions about product use rates. Check out these pictures from earlier today. These are rates I have been testing for years and they…
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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 or southern corn rust in…
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Tracking the Bermudagrass Stem Maggot I am starting to work with our Center for Invasive Species to report/track the BSM population during the summer. Anyone can make a report of the sighting by clicking the first link and filling out a simple form. This can also be done with the EDDMapS app, but the website…