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Additional Bulloch County Extension On-Farm Cotton and Peanut Research results have 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 – 2020. Thanks to all the farm cooperators and companies that supplied product and/or support for all…
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Dates and times for the upcoming Virtual Peanut Production Meetings are listed in table below: Peanut January 11, 2021 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Peanut February 3, 2021 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM Peanut February 18, 2021 6:00 PM to 8:30 PM Peanut February 22, 2021 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM Zoom links to access…
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Dates and times for the Virtual Corn and Soybean Production Meetings are listed below: January 8th 2021/9:30 am – NoonJanuary 14th 2021/6:00 pm – 8:30 pmJanuary 29th 2021/9:00 am – 11:30 amFebruary 16th 2021/6:00 pm – 8:30 pm If you need CCA CEU and/or GA Pesticide credits, your license number and county information must be…
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As this year gets closer to the end, I think everyone is looking for better things in 2021. As COVID-19 continues to cause issues for all families and businesses, the 2021 cotton and peanut production meetings will be offered virtually. I am also including the dates of the corn/soybean meetings for those of you that…
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The 2020 Bulloch County Extension on-farm peanut fungicide trial and variety trial research results have been finalized. The results have 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 – 2020. Thanks to all the farm cooperators…
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On Thursday, November 19th, the Statesboro-Bulloch County Chamber Agribusiness Committee will host the 2020 Farm-City Luncheon. This event will be held at the Bulloch County Ag Arena. There will be an invite coming out soon with more details. State Representative Tom McCall will be the guest speaker for this event. (Representative McCall’s biography: https://www.house.ga.gov/Documents/Biographies/mccallTom.pdf) In…
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Peanut harvest will be here before you know it and I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of some important things that need to be done before the initial harvest begins. An initial Hull-Scrape Profile is recommended to determine maturity and a digging date. If you would like for me to take…
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Please view the results in the table below for the irrigated corn variety trial that was done at Michael Smith’s Farm. Thanks to Michael and the seed companies (AgriGold, DeKalb, Dyna-Gro, Pioneer, Syngenta and Terral) for their support of this corn research effort.
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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, high humidity and scattered rains…
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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 I hope you will find useful…
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