Hay & Forages
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Last week was another exciting week in agriculture in Colquitt County. The peanut harvest and cotton defoliation is coming to an end. Colquitt County is classified as abnormally dry according to the last drought monitor. This is great for cotton and peanut harvests, but livestock producers are struggling with planting winter annual forages. The crop…
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It has been another exciting week in Colquitt County agriculture. The Sunbelt Ag Expo and the cold weather were topics of discussion this week. Cotton defoliation and when to dig peanuts were common questions from growers. There was a little bit of frost in Colquitt County on October 19, 2022. It has been a few…
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In this issue: EPA Comment Period for Organophosphates.. Peanut Update, How do I control tropical spider wort? Mr. Kichler, I have morninglory taking over my peanuts do I have any control options? Forage update: Leaf rust and armyworms…. EPA Comment Period for Organophosphates.. A NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all…
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Current Situation: The cotton crop ranges from just planted to second week of squaring. Cotton growers are applying herbicides and fertilizer to crop. Peanut growers are applying cracking sprays to try to clean up weeds. The corn crop ranges from VT (Tassel) to R2 (Blister) stage of development. Southern rust was found last week in…
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Current Sitation: The area wheat crop ranges from stem elongation to flag leaf emergence. There has been stripe rust reported in Colquitt County. The oat crop ranges from stem elongation to early heading. What is stripe rust? This disease is also known as yellow rust. Pustules coalesce to produce long yellow stripes between the veins of…
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Thistles can reduce forage yield and delay spring transition of warm season grasses. Thistles can produce large amounts of seed, sometimes up to 4,000 seed per plant. For growers trying to manage the seed bank, please implement control strategies before flowering. Several different thistles are found in pastures, which can include Bull thistle (Carduss vulgare),…
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Friday, March 18, 2022 11:30 AM – Pineboro Farms — 5094 Old Adel Road, Moultrie, GA 31788 CCA, CEU, and Pesticide Credits Offered Lunch sponsored by Colquitt County Farm Bureau PLEASE RSVP – 229-616-7455
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If you would like to register for this event please go HERE. IF you have any questions please contact your local county agent.
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(Dr. Jennifer J. Tucker, Associate Professor, Animal and Dairy Science, UGA-Tifton) Bermudagrass is a dominant perennial warm-season grass that accounts for more than 20 million acres of pastures and hayfields across the Southern U.S. While this high yielding forage serves as an excellent perennial base for many ruminant diets in Georgia it does have it’s…