Corn
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Brooks County will be hosting a corn update meeting the first week of December at noon on Thursday Dec. 4th. Dr. Dewey Lee will be the speaker giving us an update on corn production for 2015. Please join us for this meeting, and be sure to call the office by noon on Dec. 2nd if you intend…
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I want to share results obtained from the Brooks County 2014 Corn Silage Variety trial. We planted this trial on May 6th and harvested 13 weeks later on August 7th. This year’s trial included 75 replications, 25 varieties replicated three times each. The varieties are ranked according to two different parameters, pounds of milk/acre and…
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As most of the corn has been harvested, UGA encourages producers to begin establishing a management plan to control Palmer amaranth (pigweed) populations. As we move into the fall of the year, we need to control the Palmer amaranth population, in order to prevent an additional crop of seed being produced prior to frost. It is…
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Several weeks ago I talked with many producers about the confirmation findings of Northern Corn Leaf Blight (NCLB) in South Georgia. At that time, I remember stating several times that while we should be aware and scouting for NCLB at least it wasn’t as serious as a confirmation finding of Southern Rust. However, we can…