Jeremy Kichler
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In a world of resistant weeds, residual herbicides are the foundation of our control programs. Cotton injury caused by the pre emerge herbicides is an issue that many growers face every year. Below are some tips to hopefully minimize injury from PRE herbicides. Plant high vigor seed into moist soil (preplant irrigation often needed if…
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I have been receiving a few questions about peanut inoculants from area growers and retailers. Below are a few comments from Scot Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist, on this subject. Inoculants Last year was a very hot and dry year. In those conditions, the survivability of the living Bradyrhizobia bacteria needed to inoculate peanuts is generally…
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The 2017 Colquitt County Longleaf Management and Production Field Day will be held on Tuesday 16 May 2017. This educational opportunity will be held at several locations during the day. The first location will be held down Lower Meigs Road. Lat 31 deg 4’ 51.24” N and 83 deg 59’ 31.68” W Lower Meigs Rd,…
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The Peanut Rx for 2017 has been updated. Several new varieties have been included this year. Also, the impact of planting date and risk to leaf spot disease has been adjusted. ONLY THE NICHINO and BAYER Peanut Rx risk index is current for 2017!!! The others (SipCam, Syngenta and DuPont) are from 2016; we have…
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UGA Extension launches new system to help farmers, pesticide applicators with training for licensure ATHENS, Ga. — One of University of Georgia Cooperative Extension’s key commitments to the state and its farmers is to provide the training and information that private pesticide applicators need to ensure the safe use of pesticides. The way in which…
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Variety selection is one of the most important steps in cotton production. Dr. Jared Whitaker, UGA Cotton Agronomist, discussed variety information at the Colquitt County cotton production meeting a few weeks ago. Below is information on variety performance over the last two years from 44 locations around the state. Below is cotton variety performance from…
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Results from the 2016 Colquitt County Corn Variety Demonstration can be seen below. Thank you to all the seed sources and people who assisted with the planting, managing and harvesting of this project. 2016-colquitt-county-corn-variety-demonstration
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It is October and it is time to think about overseeding your pastures. Warm season perennial forage crops like bermudagrass and bahiagrass supply forage for about five or six months. Overseeding these pastures with winter annuals can provide an additional 80 to 100 days of high quality forage. Fall overseeding usually does not provide fall…
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At the cotton defoliation meeting that was held last week at the Colquitt County Extension office, Jared Whitaker brought up some good points to consider for this upcoming cotton harvest season. Defoliation Timing: Cotton defoliation is a sensitive process. For a successful harvest, defoliation must be carefully timed and carried out. Poor defoliation can lower…
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When growers bring in peanut samples to County Extension maturity clinics, often they ask about when to terminate fungicide applications. Well, it all depends on their particular disease situation they are facing. Bob Kemerait, UGA Peanut Plant Pathologist, has given some great suggestions to answer these questions.. Below are some typical situations that peanut…
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