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Colquitt County Ag Report

News, events, and happenings in Colquitt County agriculture.

Plant Pathology

  • Colquitt County Extension Ag Update 6/13/22

    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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  • June, 2022 Peanut Pointers Bob Kemerait, UGA

    White mold could easily become one of the greatest threats to peanut production in 2022.Temperatures in southern Georgia are expected to be in the mid-to-upper 90s for the remainder ofJune. Rainfall is anticipated to be sparse and scattered. Sclerotium rolfsii, the fungal pathogen thatcauses white mold (more properly referred to as “southern stem rot”) thrives…

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