Jeremy Kichler
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I wanted to let everybody know about an upcoming forestry educational opportunity. The Woodland Stewards series consists of four webinars that are being held in February. These webinars will help landowners to narrow down their land management objectives, learn about tools that can help them, stay safe as they work on their land, and help…
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The 2021 Peanut RX programs for Bayer, BASF, Valent and Nichino are below. If you have any questions please let me know.
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County Pecan Production Meetings to be Virtual in January, February, and March 2021 Below are a few words from Dr. Lenny Wells about upcoming virtual pecan meetings… As a result of COVID, we will be forced to hold virtual rather than in-person county pecan production meetings this year. I know this comes as a disappointment…
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Drs. Wes Porter and Simer Virk, UGA Extension, put together a great row crop planter checklist for growers to use. Planting represents a critical field operation in row crop production. Correct planter setup and maintenance can reduce downtime in the field while ensuring optimum seeding performance during planting, which generally leads to successful stand establishment.…
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On farm demonstrations is a great way to generate research based information for growers to use and make decisions. Below are results from on farm corn and grain sorghum demonstrations that were conducted in Colquitt County last year. Grain Sorghum Response to Fungicide Treatment Bu/A at 14 % Moisture Priaxor @ 8 oz 60.23 A…
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Reminders… Start feeding a high magnesium mineral supplement 30 days before cattle are turned in on winter grazing. MINERAL SUPPLIMENTS FOR BEEF CATTLE Bull sale season is starting. Evaluate your herd bulls and start looking if you need a new bull BULL BUYING GUIDE If you are fall calving then remember that a cow’s nutrient…
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In this issue: November 12, 2020 Current SituationMonthly Climate Summary Cotton Nematode Samples Nematode Sample Guideline Critical Thinking points for Wild Radish Control Pecan Storage Current Situation: According to the Weekly Crop Progress report, the cotton and peanut harvest is behind in Georgia. In Colquitt County, growers have harvested about 90% of the peanut crop…
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This year has been a challenging year for cotton defoliation, especially dryland production. Specific rates should be adjusted according to temperature, humidity, day-length, plant leaf condition and maturity, expected weather, and desired effects such as defoliation, regrowth control, boll opening and/or weed control. Defoliants should be applied in a minimum spray volume of 5 gallons…
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Last week I had a couple of questions about applying fungicides to cotton. Two on farm demonstrations were conducted in Colquitt County last year to evaluated the potential of increasing cotton yield with fungicides. The demonstrations were replicated and the fungicides where applied by the grower. The Bay location was harvested with a basket picker and weighed…
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There has been a few things going on this week in cotton, corn, hay and peanuts. Lets discuss plant bugs, snails, southern rust, bermudagrass stem maggots and a new insecticide label in peanut. Cotton: The area cotton crop ranges from just emerging to 10-12 nodes. Producers are sidedressing, applying herbicides and pgr’s. Topics that came…
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