Entolomogy
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Be sure to check out the latest episode of the UGA Peanut Team Podcast. EPISODE 9, Season 3 Drs. Scott Monfort, Mark Abney, Eric Prostko, Scott Tubbs, and Lowndes County Extension Agent Josh Dawson discuss issues growers face as they begin planting. For more information, please reach out to your local agent. Also, the UGA…
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This post is by Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist. This post will serve as my annual, early-season reminder about thrips and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus management. Research has shown that for every 1% TSWV found in a peanut field at harvest time, we can expect about a 20 pound reduction in per-acre yield. TSWV…
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Peanut planting season is here. Below are a few words from Dr. Mark Abney on the subject of managing thrips in peanuts. If you would like to look at the Peanut RX, it is available here. If you have kept up with Peanut Pointers over the years, you know that an article from the entomologist…
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This past week, corn growers are finishing up planting this year’s crop. Cotton and peanut growers are preparing to begin this planting season. Growers are burning down fields and finishing deep turning peanut ground. Rain was observed the first part of last week. Fungicide applications were applied to small grains. According to the drought monitor…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Entolomogy, Hay & Forages, Peanuts, Pecans, Small Grains, Soybeans, weather -
As corn planting is in full gear, please remember to plant corn 1.5 to 2 inches deep. Growers need to check their planters to avoid too much down pressure. Please make sure the furrow is closed properly. Sometimes we get in a hurry to finish. Please check your speed to ensure that seed spacing is…
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Current situation: Corn planting is starting around the county. Peanut growers are deep turning in preparation of the new crop. Burndown herbicides are going out on cotton and peanut fields. In a blog post by Pam Knox, earlier this week NOAA released their predictions for what the spring climate will be like. They are calling…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Cover Crops, Entolomogy, Hay & Forages, Peanuts, Pecans, Plant Pathology, Small Grains, weather -
Pam Knox mentioned that chances of heavy rain go up slightly as tropical cyclone becomes better organized this up coming week. In her blog post, she mentions that the rainfall that is expected over the next week has increased slightly as the area of low pressure in the western Gulf becomes more organized. The low,…
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Articles in this month’s issue include: http://www.ugacotton.com/vault/file/September-Cotton-Team-Newsletter.pdf
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Cotton: The cotton crop is progressing fast. Growers could be defoliating earlier planted cotton in not-so-distant future. There is a peanut maturity and cotton defoliation meeting being held this week. Whitefly populations have increased dramatically over the last couple of weeks due to the dry weather. Below are last week’s trap numbers from stopwhite.org and…
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I have been getting a question or two about fall armyworms in hayfields and pastures. The threshold for foliage feeding caterpillars in forages is 3 caterpillars per square foot that are 1/2 inch or longer. Below is information from Drs. Buntin, Hudson and Baxter about army worms. If you have any questions contact your local…