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The Bulloch County Extension On-Farm Irrigated RR Corn Variety Trial 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 – 2022. Thanks to Michael Smith and seed companies (AgriGold, AgraTech, DeKalb, Dyna-Gro, MorCorn, Pioneer and…
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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 a…
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A NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerancesfor the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate(Orthene). This is not a good situation. The comment period is open until September 25, 2022. Click HERE to visit the EPA website to review other comments and…
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Please click HERE to view flyer in regard to the annual Midville Field Day scheduled for August 10, 2022 at 9:00 am. Information for registering is included on flyer.
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I identified some target spot in a few irrigated cotton fields in the county this afternoon (August 2) that were in the fourth week of bloom. I know that it is currently HOT and DRY, but past rain events in some locations (and irrigation), humidity and good cotton growth in those areas have it showing…
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I saw some areolate mildew in cotton at 5th week of bloom earlier today in Bulloch County (Figure 1). The best management of areolate mildew is with judicious and timely fungicide applications. Cotton can be effected by areolate mildew until within four weeks of defoliation. When defoliation reaches 25% or so – the chances of…
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I am sure by now you have heard that diuron herbicide is under review by the EPA. Access to diuron herbicide is in danger of being lost. Click HERE to view a letter of support (Dr. Stanley Culpepper has written a document that counter’s the EPA’s argument) for the value of diurons current labeled use…
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Cotton The cotton aphid fungus is showing up in cotton fields in Bulloch County – finally. Please view comments below provided by Dr. Phillip Roberts about stink bug management in cotton: Southern green and brown stink bugs are the two most common stink bugs infesting Georgia cotton. Both have sucking mouthparts and damage cotton by…
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Cotton aphid numbers were slow to get started this year, but have been increasing rapidly over the last couple of weeks. Aphids generally build to moderate/high numbers and eventually crash due to a naturally occurring fungus. This fungal epizootic typically occurs in our area in early/mid-July. Once the aphid fungus is detected in a field…
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Southern corn rust was identified in a corn field in Bulloch County yesterday (June 30). Please take necessary action to protect your corn crop from southern corn rust from very early tassel through dough stage (R6).
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