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Seeding Rate (seeds/ac) Avg Yield (bu/ac) Seed Cost ($/ac) Gross Revenue ($/ac) Net Return ($/ac) 94,000 74.5 42.97 759.90 716.93 101,000 75.7 46.17 772.48 726.31 120,000 78.1 54.86 796.28 741.42 165,000 78.7 75.43 802.74 727.31 A seeding rate trial was planted on April 16, 2025, with cooperating grower Jerry Newby in Bleckley County to evaluate…
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This year, the Bleckley and Twiggs CEC/ANR Agent partnered with UGA Grain Agronomist Dr. Nick Shay and Wade Parker, Southeast District Agronomy Agent, to evaluate corn hybrid performance under local growing conditions on Hall Farms with David and Ben Hall. With help from seed company representatives, eight popular hybrids were planted on March 28 in…
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This summer we have seen high populations of fall armyworms in pastures around Bleckley and Twiggs Counties. Over the last couple of days I have received multiple calls about worms now making their way into residential and public lawns, and it turns out we are seeing fall armyworms. The caterpillar stages of fall armyworm feed…
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Articles in this month’s issue include: Squaring Cotton and Plant Monitoring (Josh Lee, John Snider, Camp Hand): As the 2024 cotton planting season winds down, it’s a good time to think about the next cotton developmental stage. Management decisions are dependent on cotton growth stage. For example, after emergence we need to be scouting for…
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Mark Abney, UGA Department of Entomology As we move into June concerns about thrips diminish, and we need to begin to look out for other insect pests that can attack peanut. I received a couple texts/calls in recent days about small caterpillars feeding on foliage. Though we did not positively identify them, the caterpillars were…
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As we hoped, plant bug numbers have dwindled for now, and things have been relatively quiet in the cotton field. However, I have seen a few things that I think we need to acknowledge. Two-Spotted Spider Mites It seems that spider mite infestations in cotton fields are higher than normal this year. After conversations with…
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It is no secret that most of the crop (especially cotton and peanuts) are behind thus far due to the excessive rain and unseasonably cool temperatures we experienced as we started the summer. I estimate that crop progression is roughly 10-14 days behind schedule. However, the last two weeks have definitely felt more like home…
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The extremely hot and dry weather has brought on some unique challenges other than just inadequate soil moisture. Certain pests thrive in certain conditions, and we are seeing evidence of that in multiple crops. Cotton I am seeing isolated fields with two-spotted spider mite infestations in cotton. Spider mites are usually not a major issue…
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Much of our wheat crop is heading now and flowering if it has not already. I am still not seeing enough frost damage to speak of. We are at a critical point where we should be making a decision on whether or not to spray a fungicide for Fusarium Head Blight (FHB) or foliar diseases.…
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