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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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The Annual Midville Field Day will be virtual this year and available to view on August 12, 2020. Participants need to be registered before the event begins to receive pesticide and CCA credit. Please click HERE to register for the event, especially if you want to receive credit hours.
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic I was unable to have the Annual Bulloch County Peanut Shade Tree Meeting face to face this year. This is the the first time this meeting has not been face to face within the last 15 years. Hopefully, we will be able to have it in person in 2021. Dr.…
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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 aphid numbers will begin to…
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