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  • The Georgia Cotton Commission’s 2024 Mid-Year Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at the Nesmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro. The inaugural Mid-Year Meeting is held in conjunction with a UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop conducted by members of the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. We need to be supportive and reap the benefits…

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  • Peanuts The recent hotter and drier weather has brought with it the first activity from the lesser cornstalk borer (LCSB) to peanut fields within the county. I have found the presence of some LCSB in several peanut fields in the county within the last week. Please take a moment to check your fields for the…

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  • Bart Clewis with Syngenta is once again offering Paraquat Training Webinars for the month of June.  The registration link is listed below. Select one or multiple dates to attend, but you only have to register once.  Paraquat Training Webinar Registration 2024 The registration link will require the following:  first and last name, email address, and…

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  • Southern corn rust was confirmed yesterday on silage corn in Decatur County – this is the first find in Georgia in 2024. It has also been confirmed in Louisiana. Click HERE to view map of where it has been scouted and confirmed. There has not been any southern corn rust found in the sentinel plot in Bulloch…

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  • The Georgia Cotton Commission’s 2024 Mid-Year Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at the Nesmith-Lane Conference Center in Statesboro. The inaugural Mid-Year Meeting is held in conjunction with a UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop conducted by members of the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. The UGA Cotton Pre-Harvest Workshop will feature sessions where…

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  • The UGA Extension Cotton Team and Peanut Team releases podcasts Biweekly (cotton) and weekly (peanuts). They discuss current and relevant topics that can keep you up to date with what is going on in the field. To subscribe to each podcast click on the links below: Talkin’ Cotton Podcast All About the Pod Once you…

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  • The In-Person Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings (UPW) have been completed; however, there are still applicators that need to be trained. If you were unable to attend one of the in-person trainings please contact us so we can arrange for you to watch the video. We will offer the video to be viewed at the Bulloch…

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  • Bart Clewis with Syngenta is offering Paraquat Training Webinars for April 2024.  Paraquat Training Webinar Registration 2024 The registration link will require the following:  first and last name, email address, and certification license #. 

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  • Any person who intends to use paraquat must be a certified applicator and is required to take the training. “Use” includes pre-application activities involving mixing and loading the pesticide; applying the pesticide; and other pesticide-related activities, including, but not limited to, transporting or storing opened pesticide containers, cleaning equipment, and disposing of excess pesticides, spray…

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  • Please see information below for all Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings being offered in the state. To sign up for the Bulloch County Using Pesticides Wisely Training please call the Bulloch County Extension Office at (912) 871-6130 OR click HERE.

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