A NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. The petitioners request that the Agency revoke all tolerances and cancel all associated registrations for food uses of the following organophosphate pesticides (OPs): Acephate, Densulide, Chlorethoxyfos, Chlorpyrifos-methyl, Diazinon, Dichlorvos,…
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Colquitt County Cotton Defoliation and Peanut Harvest Meeting will be held on September 6, 2022 at noon. The meeting will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office in Moultrie. Drs. Camp Hand and Scott Monfort will be the keynote speakers. Cotton: Whitefly has been the topic of discussion again…
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It has been an interesting week in agriculture in Colquitt County. The illustration from NOAA shows the observed rainfall total for the past week. Growers have been starting to irrigate cotton and peanuts again. Corn harvest is starting and whitefly populations are building in area cotton fields. Cotton: Whitefly has…
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Corn producers are beginning to harvest their crop in Colquitt County, and so far I have been hearing some good yields (220 bu +). This corn crop has seen its fair share of difficulties due to a period of hot, dry weather followed by a very rainy weather pattern. We’re hoping…
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The Georgia Corn Production Contest (High Yield) is designed to recognize the State’s growers whoproduce high yields, and to gather valuable extension data regarding production practices necessary to obtain those yields.Any Georgia corn grower is eligible to enter the contest. A grower may make more than one entry, andare encouraged…
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Current Situation: Rain, rain, rain. Cotton crop ranges from first square to 3rd week of bloom. The majority of the area peanut crop ranges from 40-60 days old. Corn crop ranges from hard dough to 3/4 milk line. Mr Kichler, How much has it rained? It is amazing how the…
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It has been an interesting week in Colquitt County. The weather pattern seems to have changed and rain chances have increased. Below are the rainfall totals for the past week in Colquitt County. The CoCoRaHS website illustrates rain fall totals from Colquitt County from the last seven days (7-3-22 to…
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Southern rust has been found in Colquitt County today (6/16/22) in a field that is currently in the early R5 (dent) stage of development. Currently corn ranges from VT to R5 stage of development in Colquitt County. If you have questions about how to manage Southern Corn Rust in your…
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Current Situation: The cotton crop ranges from just planted to second week of squaring. Cotton growers are applying herbicides and fertilizer to crop. Peanut growers are applying cracking sprays to try to clean up weeds. The corn crop ranges from VT (Tassel) to R2 (Blister) stage of development. Southern rust…
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The latest drought monitor was released on June 2, 2002. It shows that Colquitt County is still abnormally dry and the weather forecast is showing hot, dry conditions in the near future. Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Plant Pathologist, has informed county Extension agents today (June 5, 2022) that soybean rust…
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