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When: Thursday March 17th at 3 pm until 5pm at the Ben Hill Extension office. The Ben Hill Extension office will be hosting a Best of Pest Webinar for Commercial applicators with Category 24 (Turf and Ornamental), 23, 31, or 21 license. You will be able to receive up to 2 credit hours. Please call…
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Grass Herbicides for Pre-Plant Burndown?? (Culpepper and Prostko) Thinking about using a grass herbicide such as Select Max (clethodim) for pre-plant burndown? Have you seen any data suggesting this is a wise decision? Interestingly, there is a lot of buzz about using grass herbicides to burndown small grain cover crops and annual ryegrass because of…
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By Rome Ethredge Oat disease Looking at some Oats being grown for grain this week, I’m seeing treatable levels of weeds and aphids in some fields and some Leaf Blotch disease (aka Drechslera leaf spot) developing. This is pretty common on oats in the winter and according to Dr. Alfredo Martinez, UGA Plant pathologist, it…
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Hello, I am pleased to announce we will once again have in-person production meetings for the 2022 season. We have scheduled meeting with UGA specialist on topics listed below. Pesticide credits will be available for both private and commercial applicators. If you would like to attend any of these meetings please call us at the…
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By Dr. Camp Hand First, this week it’s gonna be cool. Once we get past Wednesday, highs hardly come out of the 60s and lows are going to be in the 30s to 40s. As we all know, cotton growth and development is based on DD60s, with growth occurring mainly between temperatures of 60 to…
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Below is a link the PDS showing results from this years State wide corn variety test data
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Peanut MaturityBy Scott Monfort There are several factors that can affect maturity like temperature, moisture, diseases, andproduction practices. You can have the same or two different cultivars in the same maturitygroup planted on the same day in different fields mature at different rates due to difference insoil type, rainfall, or pest problems. Therefore, do not…
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Late Season Disease Management and Harvest IssuesBy Bob Kemerait Disease management late in the peanut season can either be very easy or it can be quiteconfusing. In fields where these is little disease, growers can generally “coast” to harvest withconfidence that there is little (or nothing) to be done to finish the crop. Where disease…
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Peanut Harvest Equipment ConsiderationsBy Simer Virk and Scott Monfort Soon Peanut harvest will be in full swing across most of the state. Along with proper timingconsideration for digging peanuts, proper setup and operation of peanut harvest equipment isalso an important consideration to minimize harvest losses and to ensure peak equipmentperformance and efficiency during harvest. Here…
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