Irrigation
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Current Situation: The peanut crop ranges from 60 to 90 days old. There have been a few calls about low levels of spider mites in the community in dryland fields. Caterpillar pressure has been on the low side this year. PGR applications are still going out, and hopefully it will rain in our near future. White…
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In this issue: Dry weather, tips for whitemold control, peanut irrigation, whiteflies, cotton and peanut marketing update, bermudagrass baleage and vaseygrass control. It has been an interesting weather week. The US Drought Monitor this week shows that abnormally dry weather conditions area expanding in SW Georgia. Rainfall amounts across the county ranged from 0.25 to…
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Current Situation: This past week has been hot and there have been some hit-or-miss showers across the county. The majority of the corn crop is around or past dent stage. The cotton crop ranges from squaring to the 4th week of bloom. The peanut crop ranges from 30 to 90 days old. Insect pressure has…
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Podcasts. All about the Pod and the Talkin Cotton Podcast was released late last week. In this episode, Drs. Scott Monfort, Mark Abney, Wes Porter, Bob Kemerait, and Eric Prostko discussed the current crop situation, and pest management. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/allaboutthepod/episodes/Episode-17–Season-3—-Episode-17-Season-3–All-About-The-Pod—-Herbicide–Insecticide–Fungicide–Irrigation–and-Fertility-Comments-e34eg83 Below is a link to season 2, episode 13 of the Talkin’ Cotton Podcast, which is…
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The topic this past weekend has been how dry it getting. Pam Knox says the weather pattern that we are currently in has a big high pressure center over the southern part of the region. This is preventing any development of rain in most of the region except northern Alabama and North Carolina and Virginia.…
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Dry conditions have impacted cattle producers attempting to plant winter annual forages and peanut growers trying to dig dryland fields. According to the Georgia Crop Progress and Condition report released today, peanuts that were dug were 71% compared to the 5-year average of 83%. Thirty-nine percent of the cotton crop has been harvested compared to…
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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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It was another exciting week in Colquitt County agriculture. A good rain will sure help cotton and peanut growers. The cotton defoliation and peanut maturity meeting is coming up on August 29, 2024. Below is the crop progress and condition of the Georgia cotton and peanut crop as of August 11, 2024. This report comes…
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Up coming events The deadline for the Southeastern Hay contest is approaching. Important Updates Rules & ENTRY FORM (PDF) Colquitt County Cotton Defoliation and Peanut Maturity Update is scheduled to be held on Thursday, August 29, 2024, at the Colquitt County Extension office starting at noon. If you would like to attend please call Kristina…
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