Skip to Content

Cotton posts

Current Cotton and Peanut Issues

Aug 24, 2020 | Written by

With the hot and mostly dry weather throughout much of the season and now wet and humid conditions, it is becoming evident that the weather has been ideal for disease. PEANUT:  White mold is becoming more and more noticeable in many peanut fields in the county – the hot temperatures,…
Read More

Silverleaf Whiteflies in Cotton

Aug 12, 2020 | Written by

Silverleaf whiteflies (SLWF) have been in some cotton fields in our area for the past few weeks in low numbers. Hopefully rain showers will continue to get to everyone and beat the adults down. However, I am noticing an uptick in some fields. There are a couple of handouts that…
Read More

Cotton Aphid Fungus

Jul 16, 2020 | Written by

Aphids have really increased in numbers over the past week or so in many cotton fields in the county. However, I observed the cotton aphid fungus in a cotton field I visited today near Leefield. It looked like it was just getting started, so hopefully many of the fields with high…
Read More

Cotton and Peanuts; Plant or Not Plant?

May 8, 2020 | Written by

Planting time is here, but current weather conditions seem to make us question what we are doing. Hopefully, by next Tuesday we will be out of this cold snap. Until then you may or may not change a thing about planting, irrigating, disease control or nematode control, but need to…
Read More

Row Crop Weed Meeting

Feb 3, 2020 | Written by

Row Crop Weed Meeting Tuesday, February 11, 2020 Bulloch County Center for Agriculture 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm There will be a Row Crop Weed Meeting at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture on Tuesday, February 11, 2020. UGA Extension Weed Specialists, Dr. Stanley Culpepper and Dr. Eric Prostko, will…
Read More

2019 Bulloch County On-Farm Cotton Research

Dec 20, 2019 | Written by

Results for 2019 Bulloch County Extension on-farm cotton research has been added to the UGA Extension – Bulloch County website and can be viewed by clicking here. Go down page and look under Bulloch County Research Trials – 2019. Thanks to all the farm cooperators and companies that supplied product…
Read More

Hunters for the Hungry

Oct 17, 2019 | Written by

Crop depredation by deer continues to be a problem in Bulloch County. The Georgia Wildlife Federation will be offering support of the Hunters for the Hungry program in Bulloch County again this year. This will be the fifth year that Bulloch County has participated in the program. Under this program,…
Read More

Insect Scouting School – June 18 in Midville

Jun 12, 2019 | Written by

Insect scouting school will be conducted on June 18, 2019 in Midville at the Southeast Research and Education Center. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean.  The program will offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage, natural enemies, and scouting procedures.  The training will serve as…
Read More

Risk Management Agency Fact Sheet

May 28, 2019 | Written by

I have been getting several calls recently about important decisions that will have to be made within the next week or so. This prolonged hot and dry condition is wreaking havoc on what has been planted and impacting the decisions to be made on what is yet to be planted….
Read More