A website from UGA Cooperative Extension

June 2016

  • Please be aware that yesterday (6/8/16) I visited a field in Brooks County and confirmed the presence of Sugarcane aphids in our county.  I wanted to give you a product update, on pesticides we can use for 2016, to control sugarcane aphids. We have 2 products available, Sivanto Prime and Transform.  Things we should know […]

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  • Please refer to information/fact sheet posted below for sign up information pertaining to Cotton Ginning Cost-Share (CGCS) Program.  You may click on link provided to download file.  Please contact your local Farm Service Agency (FSA) office for additional information.                         Farm Bill- Cotton Ginning […]

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  • Southern Corn Rust  (pictures by Andy Shirley) Please see the article below by Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Extension Plant Pathologist regarding southern rust in corn and Asian soybean rust: “Thanks very much to agents Chase Hembree and Andy Shirley and consultant Rome Ethredge for first detection and diagnosis of southern corn rust (Puccinia polysora) in Georgia this year. […]

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