Jeremy Kichler
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How Does the New Tax Law Affect You? Thursday, May 17, 2018, 9:00am – 12:00pm Colquitt County Extension Office Georgia farmers and landowners can learn more about how the new tax law affects them individually and their farming operation at tax bill workshops from University of Georgia Extension. After the training, farmers will be better…
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Below is a “checklist” of options and opportunities for establishing strong disease and nematode control for the early part of the season and for laying a foundation that helps to insure successful control throughout the season. Prior to Planting Use Peanut Rx 2018 to assess risk to tomato spotted wilt, white mold and leaf spot…
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I have received a question or two about managing cotton seedling disease. Below are a few points to consider from the UGA Cotton Production Guide. Good management practices to reduce the chance of seedling disease include the following: Plant in warm soils where the temperature at a 4-inch depth is above 65 F and where…
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Below are a few words from Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist, about managing thrips in peanut. As usual, thrips management will be the first insect issue peanut growers face in 2018. These tiny pests will be present in virtually every peanut field in the state, but the severity of infestations will vary from field to…
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Watermelon Update Seedcorn Maggots in Transplanted Crops Problems with seedcorn maggots in transplanted crops are popping up all over south Georgia this Spring. While this is a rare occasion (use of transplants avoids many soil borne insect problems), that makes it no less severe when it occurs. Maggots can kill tender young transplants, but…
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Colquitt County Extension Ag Update 4
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Below is a Georgia Quick guide that contains good production information on grain sorghum production. Georgia Grain Sorghum Production Quick Guide Below is a list of Sugar Cane Aphid Tolerant Varieties. List of Sugar Cane Aphid Tolerant Varieties
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Below is information about peanut inconulants from Dr Scott Tubbs
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Below is a peanut fertility topics that include pH, nitrogen, sulfur, P, K, and Ca from Dr Glenn Harris, UGA Extension Soil Specialist.
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