Fungicides
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Soybean rust has been confirmed on soybeans in Grady County (7/24) and kudzu in Decatur County (7/18). Consider spraying a fungicide on your soybeans if: They have reached R2/R3 growth stage. Have good growth and reasonable yield expectations. This is especially critical if soybeans exhibit good growth and full canopy of foliage. The strobilurin and chlorothalonil fungicides…
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Southern corn rust was confirmed today in Mitchell and Tift counties. Dr. Bob Kemerait stated that the corn in the Mitchell County field is well into dent stage and does not need a fungicide application now. Corn in southern Georgia not at dough stage is vulnerable. The southern rust does not appear widespread, but could move quickly with current…
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Asian soybean was found on soybean leaves from the soybean rust sentinel plot in Bulloch County yesterday. Currently, growers across the Coastal Plain of Georgia can expect soybean rust to be present. It was slow to develop, but more than likely hurricane Irma has spread it more profusely. Any soybeans that have reached full seed/R6 growth stages are…
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Asian soybean rust has been identified in several counties in southwest Georgia recently, but was found on soybean leaves from sentinel plots in Midville yesterday – August 18. Soybeans are vulnerable to Asian soybean rust until they reach full seed/R6 growth stages and may need to be protected with a fungicide application. Current rainfall patterns could begin to spread the disease…
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There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Tuesday, July 25, 2017 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Stilson Farms (Wade and Matt McElveen) which is located at 901 McElveen Road, Brooklet, GA 30415. (GPS Coordinates: N 32.310559° E -81.558880°) The peanut field is located off McElveen Road behind the grain bins and…
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Southern corn rust has been identified in 3 locations as of late last week. The last identification was in a field in Morgan County near the community of Buckhead (near Madison). Prior to this find late last week it had ONLY been found lightly in Seminole and Marion Counties. Samples from the Bulloch County corn rust sentinel plot at Michael…
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There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 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 -81.675685°) The peanut field is located behind their office and pecan trees. We…
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Southern corn rust was confirmed in Robert Franklin’s irrigated corn field in Register yesterday (June 15). The rust was found sporadically in small amounts in his field. Please take necessary action to protect your corn crop from southern corn rust from very early tassel through dough stage (R6). Refer to previous blog (June 6) for…
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Southern corn rust was found and confirmed yesterday (June 6) in two different fields in Wayne County. It means that not only do we have perfect weather for the disease but that southern corn rust is found nearly from one edge of the Coastal Plain to the other and could be anywhere in between. Thoughts from Dr. Bob Kemerait…
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Please click here (total of 11 slides) to review the results of the peanut research done in Bulloch County in 2015. I would like to thank all the producers that allowed me to do these demonstrations on their farm. This information will be of great value as decisions are being made in 2016. Hopefully, I will…