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The upcoming Row Crop Disease and Precision Ag meeting set for Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at the Colquitt County Extension office has been cancelled due to weather concerns. If you have questions please contact your local county Extension agent.
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The Colquitt County Peanut meeting is scheduled for Jan 27, 2025 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office. Dr Mark Abney cannot attend the meeting so we got the next best thing. Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Plant Pathologist, will educate growers about disease management in peanut. Dr Monfort will…
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The last week has been interesting watching all the discussion about the upcoming winter weather that is going to impact the area. I have had a few questions about past snow events. This information is from the National Weather Service. The first one is the Great Southeastern Snowstorm of 1973. The Christmas Snowstorm of 1989…
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In 2024, I had the opportunity to conduct an irrigated peanut variety trial that consisted of 6 varieties. The peanut varieties included Georgia-06G, Georgia-22MPR, Georgia-21GR, TifNV-HG, TifCB-7 and Arnie. Each variety was replicated 4 times, and each plot was 6 twin rows wide by 450 to 550 feet long. The plot was planted on May…
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When are the Colquitt County Production meetings? The 2025 Georgia Peanut Farm Show is scheduled for Thursday, January 16, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, GA. The show opens at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Peanut farmers and those involved in the peanut industry will be able to learn more about the…
Posted in: Agribusiness, Beef Cattle, Corn, Cotton, Economics, Economics & Policy, Nematodes, Peanuts -
Drs. Bob Kemeriat and Wes Porter will be at the Colquitt County Extension office on January 22, 2025 to discuss advances in precision ag, irrigation and row crop disease control. The meeting will start at 6PM. If you are interested in attending the Precision Bob meeting please call the office or register at this link.
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Dr. Camp Hand, UGA Cotton Agronomist, released the 2024 UGA on Farm Cotton Variety trial results early this month. This year, 10 cotton varieties were evaluated at 19 different locations across the state. The varieties included: DP 2038 B3XF, DP 2127 B3XF, DP 2333 B3XF, ST 6000 AXTP, NG 5430 B3XF, DG 3615 B3XF, DG…
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The 2025 UGA Crop Comparison tool has been updated by Amanda Smith, Dr. Liu, and Guy Hancock. The crop comparison compares the gross return, returns above variable and fixed costs, and break-even yields for 5 agronomic crops in both irrigated and dryland production systems. Remember that land rent is not included in this spreadsheet. The…
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Posted in: Beef Cattle
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Dr Hand has provided the link to episode 20 of the Talkin’ Cotton Podcast, topics that were discussed included the federal economic and disaster assistance that was voted on and approved this past weekend. This will provide some much needed relief for Georgia growers. Episode 20 – https://www.buzzsprout.com/2350262/episodes/16332758 EPISODE 44, SEASON 2 The link to the…