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Cotton

  • The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s 15th Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 26, 2022, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. The annual meeting is held in conjunction with the UGA Cotton Production Workshop conducted by the UGA Research & Extension Cotton Team. The UGA Cotton Production Workshop…

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  • The results from the 2021 UGA On Farm Cotton Variety Trial program are available. The Colquitt County site was located at the Sun Belt Ag Expo this past year. If you have any questions about this program, please contact your local county Extension agent. Below are results from another irrigated on farm cotton variety demonstration…

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  • Below are some comments from Dr. Don Shurley on the cotton market..

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  • Dr. Camp Hand has a few thoughts on cotton defoliation this week… First, this week it’s gonna be cool. Once we get past Wednesday, highs hardly come out of the 60s, and lows are going to be in the 30s to 40s. As we all know, cotton growth and development are based on DD60s, with…

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  • Do I need to spray fungicides on my peanuts again? According to Dr. Bob, there are three different scenarios for peanut fungicide applications at the end of the fourth quarter. 3 weeks until harvest and “clean”? I wouldn’t spray.  3 weeks until harvest and spots from top to bottom and leaves dropping? I wouldn’t spray.…

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  • Dr. Camp Hand’s thoughts on the cotton crop and a few defoliation considerations for 2021.

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  • Weekly Update… 9/17/2021

    Peanuts:  The topic this week has been late spot.  It has been a PERFECT year for leaf spot epidemics, according to Bob Kemerait.  A) we have had lots rain that enhances infection by leaf spot pathogens and spread of leaf spot diseases.   B) wet weather has led to extended delays between fungicide applications and…

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  • It is that time of the season where people are beginning to think aboutdefoliation. Traveling across the state recently, I observed bolls opening in some of our earlier plantedcrop. It has been a tough year for many, but we are beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.It is definitely time to…

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  • Below is great information about the last effective bloom date for cotton from the Jeff Davis Plot Points Extension blog. Every year I get asked about late planted cotton that is still active blooming come September. Will these blooms make a boll that is harvestable? Last year I was able to participate in a multi-county…

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  • The Colquitt County Cooperative Extension will be hosting a Cotton Defoliation and Peanut Maturity Meeting on Thursday, September 9, 2021 at noon. This meeting will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office. Drs. Camp Hand, UGA Cotton Agronomist, and Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist, will be the keynote speakers. If you like to RSVP…

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