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Disease Risks- “You can follow Peanut Rx through our UGA Peanut Team production guide, you can follow Peanut Rx online at peanutrx.org, and you can follow Peanut Rx on the back of prescription fungicide program cards from various companies to include Syngenta, BASF, Bayer, FMC, Nichino, Valent, CORTEVA, and others. Planting date is a key…
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Water is not made equal… Do not make the mistake that the pH of the water at all of your wells are the same. I had a discussion with a grower of how Valor is effective when mixed from one well but not another well. Check your pH of your wells and use a water…
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Disease resistance packages are crucial. Especially as we move into the later part of the corn planting season. Look at these pictures from Dr. Kemerait. This corn was planted in the same field, using Counter 20G nematicide. However, the plant on the left came out of a row that the tube was stopped up on.…
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Here you can see the Cotton Marketing News for the first of April. As expected, intentions to plant cotton are down. Anticipated 9% decrease across the state of Georgia. That gives question to how many peanuts behind peanuts will happen in the coming years. Fungicide programs and excellent monitoring will be imperative in the coming…
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Carpenter bees can be a serious pest, but also a valuable pollinator. While the adults are pollinators, the mated females bore into wooden structures. The results of this tunneling can be substantially damaging to the integrity of the structure, especially if the wood is weight bearing. A common misconception is the identification of carpenter bees…
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Lesion Nematodes occasionally can cause issues in peanuts, given certain circumstances. According to Dr. Kemerait, Lesion nematodes could be a problem in a corn-peanut situation where the lesion nematodes weaken the peg strength to the point that you lose peanuts at digging. Nematode resistant varieties are resistant to peanut root knot and NOT lesion nematodes.…
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Dr. Prostko (UGA weed scientist) sent some great information regarding herbicides. Google/AI (Artificial Intelligence) is not a valid place to get pesticide recommendations. Sonalan or Ethalfuralin is a grass herbicide, commonly used in broadleaf plants. However, Google AI will tell you it can be used in field corn, just not for feeding livestock. There is…
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Peanut RX Guides for most of the programs are posted here 2025 Peanut Rx. Please refer to them when selecting fungicide programs. As always, ask us if you have questions, don’t play a guessing game. Nematodes- We know they are there. “once you close the furrow, you missed the opportunity.” The only way to know…
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Pam Knox, Director of UGA Weather Network has shared a weather update- Please read below. “This weekend we are likely to see some unusually strong storms and potential tornadoes moving through the state, especially overnight Saturday into Sunday morning. The center of action today will be along a line from Iowa to Mississippi, but that…