Cotton
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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. If you would like to attend please RSVP at this link.. or call the…
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Deadline for the Southeastern Hay Contest is Fast Approaching. The deadline for the Southeastern Hay Contest is fast approaching. Entries must be POSTMARKED by 9/1/22. As always, the complete rules and entry form are available on our website (www.sehaycontest.com). Winners will be recognized at the Sunbelt Ag Expo in October and it would be great…
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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, Dicrotophos, Dimethoate, Ethoprop, Malathion, Naled,…
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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 this week. The cotton crop…
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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 been the topic of discussion…
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There has been alot of discussion about diuron in the news lately. Diuron is a very important component of cotton weed control programs for Georgia cotton growers. Dr. Stanley Culpepper expressed his concerns about this situation in a past blog post. Click below to view a letter of support (Dr. Stanley Culpepper has written a document that…
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Cotton: The cotton crop in Colquitt County ranges from first square to fourth week of bloom. Target spot has been noticed in a couple of fields that have a history of this disease and rank growth. These fields are in the third to fourth week of bloom. Stinkbug pressure ranges from 10 to 25 percent and…
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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 weather can go from one…
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The July Cotton Team newsletter is now posted on the UGA Cotton Team Newsletter link on the left side of your screen, and can also be found at this link: https://www.ugacotton.com/newsletter/. This is timely information and I hope you all find it useful. Stay safe out there, and as always we are here to help.…
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From the U.S. EPA: “Based on the revised draft risk assessments and feedback submitted during the public comment period, EPA is proposing the following new measures to mitigate the ecological, dietary, and aggregate cancer risks of concern:• Terminate all herbicide uses on food and feed crops to address dietary and aggregate risks ofconcern to the…