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Using Pesticides Wisely 2021 and Paraquat Training Update (Stanley Culpepper – UGA and Jesse Kelly and Jennifer Wren – GDA). Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) 2021 virtual trainings are nearly completed with only three more opportunities available (table below). This training must be completed to be able to make labeled dicamba or 2,4-D in-crop cotton or soybean applications. …
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Cold Temperatures and POST Field Corn Herbicide Applications (Prostko) Over the next few days (April 1-4), low daily air temperatures are expected to drop below 50 and even 40 degrees in many areas. Consequently, I would encourage any field corn grower who wants to make a POST herbicide application during this time period to consider…
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Some Reminders Before Field Corn Planting (Prostko) Based upon my 22 years of experience in Georgia, here are 3 things that I know will happen somewhere in a patch of field corn in 2021: 1) Herbicide carryover will be blamed for corn injury but low soil pH is the real problem (Figure 1). Favorable average soil test…
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Acuron GT For Weed Control in Field Corn (Prostko) Syngenta recently received registration for a new postemergence field corn herbicide sold under the trade name of Acuron® GT. Acuron® GT is very similar to Halex® GT but it contains an additional active ingredient (bicyclopyrone). Syngenta has several similar field corn herbicides in the market and I have summarized…
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UPW Training – final
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Late-Season Applications of Glyphosate and Weed Seed Production (Prostko) Now that many growers are finishing up with field corn harvest, I have been getting lots of questions about the potential effects of late-season applications of glyphosate on the production of weed seed. Very glad to see that growers/agents are thinking about this issue. …
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Grassmaster’s The GrassMasters program is a 7-week long series of educational workshops that focus on forage production. Workshops will be held virtually every Monday beginning November 2nd. This program is an INTRODUCTION to forage production systems and is highly recommended for new producers. Please see the attached flyer and link below for registration details and…
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PEANUTS: 1. Three weeks to go until you are projected to dig the peanuts and little-or-no disease in the field? I wouldn’t put out any more fungicides unless there is threat of a hurricane or tropical storm. If you are three of more weeks out and on your last spray and you are seeing some…
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Tuesday September 22nd at 9am we will be having an in person field meeting at 442 Peachtree Rd Fitzgerald Ga. This meeting will be at our On Farm Peanut Variety Trial located on Kenny Ray Davis’s Farm. This trial has 5 different peanut varieties including Ga 06, Ga 16 HO, Flo Runner 331, GA 18…
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By Bob Kemerait Peanut Rust has been found in multiple counties over the past week. Point: many peanut growers STILL have 2 (or more) fungicide applications to go and they should (at least in SW District) factor PREVENTATIVE management of peanut rust in the equation. From Dr. Albert Culbreath: A few thoughts. I have little…
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