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  • Information in this edition should be helpful as you continue to prepare to plant cotton and peanuts in 2023. The weather continues to change and the cooler temperatures seem to want to hang around. Hopefully the warmer conditions will be here to stay soon. I know many of you use the Georgia Automated Environmental Monitoring Network for…

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  • Peanut Production Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2020 Bulloch County Center for Agriculture 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm There will be a Peanut Production Meeting at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture on Thursday, January 23, 2020. Dr. Scott Monfort and Dr. Bob Kemerait will be the guest speakers.  This meeting will cover topics related to…

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  • Peanut Production Meeting Thursday, January 23, 2020 Bulloch County Center for Agriculture 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm There will be a Peanut Production Meeting at the Bulloch County Center for Agriculture on Thursday, January 23, 2020. Dr. Scott Monfort and Dr. Bob Kemerait will be the guest speakers.  This meeting will cover topics related to…

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  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Smith-Healy Farms (Jeff Lanier) in Wade Hodges peanut field which is located at 5668 Banks Dairy Road, Statesboro, GA 30458. (GPS Coordinates: N 32.476810° E -81.875207°) The peanut field is behind the pecan…

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  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Smith-Healy Farms (Jeff Lanier) in Wade Hodges peanut field which is located at 5668 Banks Dairy Road, Statesboro, GA 30458. (GPS Coordinates: N 32.476810° E -81.875207°) The peanut field is behind the pecan…

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  • Southern corn rust was confirmed in Coffee County today (6/21/2019). Dr. Kemerait says finding this southern corn rust in Coffee County does 3 things: A.  It tells me that the extended period of wet we had a week or so ago helped to bring on our rust, that has been much delayed this year. B. …

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  • Dr. Kemerait has confirmed our first southern corn rust in Georgia for the season. Please refer to his comments that follow:  Late to arrive, but here now and weather conditions are favorable for spread.  Only one field known (Baker County), but could easily be anywhere in southwest Georgia. Any corn not yet in dough/dent stages…

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  • How quick things can change in a short amount of time in southeast Georgia! We went from about to perish to an over abundance of moisture within less than a week. We are all use to these differences where we live, but this has been extreme in both directions from our usual fluctuations. The recent…

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  • Peanut Shade Tree Meeting Friday, August 17, 2018 – 10:00 am Cromley Farms   There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Cromley Farms (Lee and Charley) which is located at 9714 Brooklet-Denmark Road, Brooklet, GA 30415. (GPS Coordinates: N 32.371496° E…

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  • With all of the rain, humidity and heat this season it is becoming evident and noticeable that it has been ideal for disease. Please view below comments from Dr. Bob Kemerait for an update of what is currently going on in the fields: DISEASES of PEANUT:  White mold and leaf spot aren’t breaking lose in every…

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  • Peanut Shade Tree Meeting Friday, August 17, 2018 – 10:00 am Cromley Farms   There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Friday, August 17, 2018 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Cromley Farms (Lee and Charley) which is located at 9714 Brooklet-Denmark Road, Brooklet, GA 30415.  (GPS Coordinates: N 32.371496° E…

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