Cotton
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It is going to happen to cotton growers sooner or later. Growers are going to have Palmer amaranth escapes and how we deal with them is important and can impact the bottom line. Starting off clean during planting time is critical when trying to manage glyphosate resistant Palmer amaranth. Situations are going to come up and below…
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Seedling disease is something that can frustrate cotton growers. Economic losses to seedling diseases can be significant at specific locations,especially when weather conditions are cool and wet at planting time and the grower is not able practice good crop rotation. Below are good management practices to reduce the chance of seedling disease in cotton according…
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Below is Don Shurley’s comments about the current cotton marketing situation. CMN03132015
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Don Shurley, UGA Cotton Economist, has posted the new update 2015 cotton production budgets. These budgets include irrigated and dry land production that utilize a conventional or strip till production system. If you have any questions about the budgets contact your local county agent. 2015-CONV-IR 2015-CONV-NI 2015-ST-IR 2015-ST-NI
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Due to commodity prices, growers are trying to figure out the most profitable mix of commodities to grow on their farm. Below is a link to the 2015 UGA Peanut Budgets. The four budgets include dryland and irrigated production cost estimates for conventional and striptill peanuts. 2015 uga peanut budgets Also below are two tables…
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Below are a few comments from Don Shurley on the cotton market as of December 12-23-2014.
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If it dries up long enough to apply post emerge herbicides on cotton, below are a few tips on minimizing injury from topical herbicides. 1. Avoid heavy dew (pooling when spray) on cotton plants. 2. Avoid extreme conditions (wet, dry, cold, hot). 3. Avoid “Thripy” cotton. 4. Additional additives (other than those labeled) will increase…
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This time of year I often get comments from cotton growers, crop consultants and retailers about cotton injury caused by the residual at plant herbicides we recommend in order to manage glyphosate resistant Palmer amaranth. Since a lot of our herbicide recommendations are driven by herbicide resistance, sometimes we have to live with a little…
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Dr. George Vellidis has developed an irrigation app for cotton. The SmartIrrigation Cotton App is now available. This is a smartphone app for scheduling irrigation on cotton which is available for both iOS and Android phones. You can find links to the app at https://smartirrigationapps.org/. You can find lots of supporting information about the App…
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USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) is reminding farmers and ranchers who participate in FSA programs to plan accordingly in FY2014 for automatic spending reductions known as sequestration. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA) mandates that federal agencies implement automatic, annual reductions to discretionary and mandatory spending limits. For mandatory programs, the sequestration rate for…