Jeremy Kichler
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Upcoming Events!! Packer Park Field Day is this Tuesday, August 22, 2023. Dr. Bob will be in town to update local growers about disease management in cotton and peanuts. We will also discuss the on farm research that is being conducted at this location. Call the Colquitt County Extension office if you are interested in…
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Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Agribusiness Training Rescheduled!! The Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Agribusiness Training scheduled in Colquitt County on August 8, 2023 from 10:00 to 1:00 will be rescheduled for a later date. Stay tuned. The Fall Vegetable Disease and Whitefly Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, August 9. 2023. If you are interested in attending…
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Cotton: The cotton crop ranges from 7-8 leaves to 4th week of bloom. White fly populations are not exploding but are been noticed more every week. Scouts and consultants need to monitor the situation over the next few weeks. As of today (July 30, 2023), I have not seen or heard of any target spot…
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Jennifer Dunn, UGA Rural Health Educator, will be holding a Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Agribusiness Training in Colquitt County on August 8, 2023 from 10:00 to 1:00. The goal of the QPR training is to provide ag community leaders with knowledge and awareness that will better enable them to recognize and assist a farmer who…
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Another exciting week in Colquitt County agriculture. The 2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is scheduled for July 20, and farmers are invited to join us to learn practical information from the region’s top agricultural scientists about the newest technologies that farmers can use to improve their operations. The Sunbelt team looks forward to welcoming…
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The 2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is going to be held this Thursday, July 20th. Below is more information on this event. It is a great opportunity for farmers, consultants, ag retailers or anybody interested in agriculture to learn more about this industry. The 2023 Sunbelt Ag Expo Field Day is scheduled for July…
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From Dr. Lenny Wells. Stuarts in East Georgia have been shedding leaves for a few weeks. Initially, the reports of this were of healthy, green compound leaves. We sometimes see healthy, green leaves drop like this when the weather turns hot and dry but this was occurring back when we were still seeing cool temperatures…
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Cotton: The crop ranges from 4 leaf to the second week of bloom. It does not take long for dry conditions to take over. Irrigation requirements increase as the crop approaches bloom. The UGA Weather station at the Sunbelt Ag Expo reported evapotranspiration rates from 0.23 to 0.26 inches per day for 6 out of 7…
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