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  • There will be a corn and soybean production meeting tomorrow, Tuesday December 2nd at noon at the Brooks County AG Building. Rome Ethredge, interim small grains agronomist, Dr. Harris and Dr. Sintim both soil scientists will be speaking.

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  • This Friday, December 14th at noon at the Brooks County Ag Building will be the corn and soybean production meeting. Lunch will be served and there will be three UGA specialists speaking. Please RSVP to the office at (229) 263-4103.

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  • Come hear about the variety and production updates for corn and soybean production in 2018 on December 8 at noon. UGA’s new corn, soybean and small grain specialist, Dr. Reagan Noland will be speaking. RSVP to office at 229-263-4103 by Monday, December 4th.

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  • Row Crop Disease Update

    I wanted to share disease updates and UGA recommendations, for peanuts, cotton, and soybeans.  Please call me if you have any additional questions. Peanut:  We have experienced a couple of weeks of ideal conditions (very hot temperatures & scattered rainfall) for leaf spot diseases and white mold.  In order to protect the crop during this critical…

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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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  • We just received word that the Area Soybean meeting that was scheduled for today at noon in Cook County has been cancelled. Sorry for the short notice and any inconvenience.

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  • Please find attached two pieces of information regarding the availability of the new aldicarb product “AgLogic 15G”. Please click on the two links below for more information, AgLogic15G Launch Release Letter Ag Logic Q&A letter UGA Extension has not tested it.  We do expect it to perform very similar to Temik 15G, but, again, UGA Extension has…

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  • Area Soybean Production Update and Crop Budgets Meeting (Cook and surrounding Counties) Cook County Extension Office Mtg Room Thursday, March 24 12 Noon – Sponsored Meal Speakers: UGA Disease Specialist Dr. Bob Kemerait,  UGA Soybean Entomologist Dr. Phillip Roberts, UGA Economist Dr. Amanda Smith. RSVP 896-7456  

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  • Asian soybean rust has finally been found in Georgia in 2015.  The disease was found on soybean leaves from sentinel plots in Attapulgus, Decatur County.  Asian soybean rust has been slow to develop in Georgia and Alabama this year, but has been found scattered throughout Mississippi. Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Extension Plant Pathologist “Any soybeans…

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  • Soybean Weed Control

    The soybeans in the picture without any pigweed were managed the following way: 1) Started out clean. 2) Used 2 residual herbicides (1 PRE + 1 POST).  For RR soybeans, look to Boundary or Dual Magnum or Warrant – PRE followed by Roundup + Reflex or Prefix (Reflex + Dual Magnum) – POST.  In 2016 , a…

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