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Posted in: Cover Crops
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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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Some responses to a few common questions this week about preplant burndowns: 1) What is the plant-back restriction for field corn following an application of 2,4-D? Plant-back restrictions for field corn after a burndown application of 2,4-D are 7 days (16 oz/A) or 10-14 days (>16 oz/A) 2) If a grower cannot wait to plant…
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Below are a few words from Lenny Wells about the weather this weekend. After a couple of weeks of 80 degree temperatures we are facing low temperatures in the mid 20s this weekend. Forecasts call for temps anywhere from 25 degrees to 28 degrees from middle Georgia down to Valdosta. Temps further north in the…
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This question often comes up at the Colquitt County Extension office on a regular basis. Information about obtaining a Private Applicator License is below. If you have any questions please contact your local county Extension agent.
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The 2022 Georgia Pest Management Handbook is available for purchase. The Commercial Edition of the Georgia Pesticide Management Handbook includes two volumes. They can be purchased HERE. Volume 1 covers recommendations for cotton, corn, soybeans, sorghum, peanuts, sugarcane, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables, fruits, and pecans. Volume 2 covers recommendations for mosquitoes, livestock, poultry, forages, small grains,…
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Dr. Camp Hand showed data about mixing cotton varieties during his during his presentation yesterday at the Colquitt County Cotton Production Meeting (3/10/22). He called it “Jeremiah’s Mix.” One of the more consistently high yielding and widely planted varieties has been DP 1646 B2XF. Recently, there has been increased grower interest in seeing how this…
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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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Below are a few comments about the cold weather that is in the forecast for this weekend. During the week of March 10, 2022, the small grains (wheat and oats) in the area range from jointing to flag leaf emergence. If you would like information on small grain growth stages, please go here. Growers need…
Posted in: Small Grains