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  • Peanut Maturity Profile

    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…

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  • Asian soybean rust was found on soybean leaves from sentinel plots in Attapulgus, Decatur County.  Asian soybean rust has been slow to develop in Georgia and Alabama this year, but has been found scattered throughout Mississippi.   Any soybeans that have reached full seed/R6 growth stages are “safe”.  Younger soybeans are still vulnerable and may need to…

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  • We have been getting many questions lately about late-season annual morningglory control in peanut. In most cases, it is too late in the year to legally apply herbicides.  Pre-harvest intervals (PHI) of peanut herbicides with POST activity on annual morningglory are as follows: Cadre = 90 days; Cobra = 45 days; Ultra Blazer = 75 days; 2,4-DB…

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  • Farmer enrollment for America’s Farmers Grow Communities is now open! Sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, this program offers farmers the chance to direct $2,500 donations to rural nonprofit organizations of their choice, like Bulloch 4-H.  Since 2010, more than 7,000 organizations across rural America have received Grow Communities donations. To enroll or find a complete…

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  • You are invited to the Blessing of the Harvest Bulloch County Center for Agriculture 151 Langston Chapel Road Statesboro, GA 30458 Friday, August 7, 2015 7:30 a.m. Light refreshments will be served.   If you have any questions please contact Todd Faircloth thfaircloth@gfb.com or Roxanne Kibler roxannekibler@statesboro-chamber.org

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  • Just want to remind you about the Peanut Shade Tree Meeting tomorrow, July 30, 2015 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Smith-Healy Farms (Jeff Lanier), Wade Hodges peanut field, located at 5668 Banks Dairy Road, Statesboro, GA 30458. (Look for Peanut Meeting sign posted at entrance)   (GPS Coordinates: N 32.476810° E -81.875207°)…

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  • There will be a Peanut Shade Tree Meeting on Thursday, July 30, 2015 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at Smith-Healy Farms (Jeff Lanier), Wade Hodges peanut field, located at 5668 Banks Dairy Road, Statesboro, GA 30458.   (GPS Coordinates: N 32.476810° E -81.875207°)   The peanut field is behind the pecan orchard. We…

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