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Cotton

  • Below is the latest edition of the Colquitt County Extension Ag Update… In this issue: Whiteflies Foliar Feeding Cotton UGA Cotton Team Newsletter Peanuts Peanut Irrigation Schedule Harvest Losses (Rome Ethredge) The pdf newsletter can be obtained Colquit County Extension Ag Update 8-4-19

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  • Below is the 2019 UGA Cotton Production Guide. 2019 Georgia Cotton Production Guide  

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  •   Most of our early planted cotton is quickly approaching (and has approached in some areas) time for defoliation. Cotton defoliation tends to be one of the most important aspects of cotton production each year. Timing and product selection are two of the more critical components regarding defoliation and confusion occurs not only by the…

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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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  • Cotton weed control can be a challenge during the production year.  Below is information on UGA cotton weed control programs for Roundup Ready, Liberty, dicamba and 2,4d technology.  Residual herbicides are the foundation for these herbicide programs regardless of technology. This publication include suggestions for residual herbicides for burndown, pre emerge, post emerge and lay…

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  • The Georgia Cotton Commission is pleased to announce the guest speakers at the Commission’s 10th Annual Meeting scheduled for Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 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…

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  • Below are results from cotton and corn demonstrations conducted in Colquitt County this year. 2017 Cotton Demonstrations 2017 Colquitt County Irrigated Cotton Variety Demonstration — Davis Prelinimary Colquitt County Cotton Variety Demonstration — Expo and P 2017 Colquitt County Extension Cotton Fungicide Demonstrationb skip row demonastration 2017 — Expo 2017 Corn Demo 2017 Colquitt County…

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  •   In this issue: “Three Way” Defoliation Rates and Defoliant Rainfast USDA Cotton Varieties Planted in 2017 Diplodia Collar Rot in Peanuts UGA Recommended Wheat Varieties for Fall Planting, 2017-2018 “Three Way” Defoliation Rates and Defoliant Rainfast: I have been receiving a question or two about the rates for the “’three way” and how rainfast…

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  • cotton 9 1 2017

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