Peanuts
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Written by Sarah Thompson on September 18, 2025 By Wesley Porter, Scott Tubbs, John Bennett, Seth McAllister, and Sarah Beth Thompson Unfortunately, we have reached that point in peanut harvest that it has gotten hot and dry for an extended amount of time. This weather can have negative effects on the peanut inversion and harvest…
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It does not take long before it gets dry! The last measurable rainfall from the UGA Weather Station at the Sunbelt Ag Expo was 0.36 which occurred on August 23, 2025. Since August 23rd, 0.12 inches of rain have occurred at this site. The graph below shows the 15-day percent of normal precipitation for the…
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I just want to inform everybody of an important meeting that is coming up this week. The National Cotton Council is conducting educational sessions on the impacts of the OBBBA over the next two weeks across the cotton belt, and this week they will be in Georgia. One of these meetings will be held on…
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Peanut maturity checks will start this week. Growers can bring their peanuts to the Colquitt County office every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in September from 8:30 to 10 am. If you need peanut samples done on Mondays or Fridays, then call me. Numerous samples have come in this week. Georgia 06G and TifNV has been…
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The Colquitt County Cotton Defoliation and Peanut Maturity meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. This update will be held at the Colquitt County Extension office and start at noon. Drs. Camp Hand, UGA cotton agronomist, and Scott Monfort, UGA peanut agronomist, will be in town to give an update on the cotton…
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Written by Sarah Thompson and Wes Porter August 25, 2025 As we discussed last week, we are quickly approaching maturity on peanuts. Now that we are finished(-ing) corn harvest, we should take some time to go through our harvest equipment for peanut and cotton so that we are ready to go when they hit optimum…
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Corn harvest is gearing up. I have been hearing good yields so far from corn growers. The weather this week should be good for harvest. The cotton crop has challenges such as boll rot, cotton jassid and mildew. Questions about leaf spot and white mold have been coming in from peanut growers. Rainfall last week…
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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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In this issue: Cotton and peanut situation, nozzles, pecan nut drop, spittlebugs, and corn irrigation termination. The Drought Monitor this past week shows that no areas in Colquitt County are affected by drought. Rain chances are increasing toward the middle and end of the week. The illustration below shows the 15-day percent of normal precipitation.…