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  • The 2022 Colquitt County Pecan Production meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The meeting will start at noon and be held at the Colquitt County Extension office. Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist, Andrew Sawyer, SE Georgia Pecan Agent and Jason Brock, UGA Plant Pathology, will be the key note speakers. If…

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  • What about the UGA On Farm Cotton Variety Trials? Here’s where you can find out more about the UGA On Farm Cotton Variety Trials. .   Dr. Camp Hand has summarized yield data for nine cotton varieties that were planted in the UGA On Farm variety trials in both 2020 and 2021.  If you have questions please…

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  • An estimated 70 percent of Georgia’s cotton fields are infested with at least one species of potentially damaging plant-parasitic nematodes.  In a statewide survey of cotton fields (nearly 1800 samples were collected) approximately 69 percent of the fields were infested with root-knot nematodes and 5 percent were infested with reniform nematodes.  An effective tactic to…

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  • Below is an article about the Financial Impacts of Higher Fertilizer prices by Steven Klose, Professor and Extension Farm Management at Texas A&M Agrilife Extension and J. Marc Raulston, Associate Director, Agriculture and Food Policy Center at Texas A&M. This information was posted on the Southern Ag Today website. Last week we looked at the…

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  • Feb 13, 2022 | Written by Simerjeet Virk With start of another crop season, lime applications have begun across most of the state with dry pre-plant fertilizer to follow soon. Generally, we do not hear about fertilizer application issues that occur with broadcast spreaders until later in the crop season but this year is different because of the…

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  • In the last few years, the management of foliar diseases in cotton has been a big topic. Areolate mildew has been a growing concern for Colquitt County cotton growers. In order to answer questions about managing this issue, a cotton fungicide trial was established in a field with a history of areolate mildew in 2021.…

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  • On January 11, 2022, the EPA approved the registrations for Enlist One (2,4-D choline) and Enlist Duo (glyphosate + 2,4-D choline) for an additional 7 years (2029).  However, there will be significant label changes to help further protect the environment, pollinators, and endangered species.  The following are some (not all) of the important label changes…

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  • What about the UGA On Farm Cotton Variety Trials? Here’s where you can find out more about the UGA On Farm Cotton Variety Trials. .   Dr. Camp Hand has summarized yield data for nine cotton varieties that were planted in the UGA On Farm variety trials in both 2020 and 2021.  If you have questions please…

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  • https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers.html Online catalog Off Test Report

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  • I am sure that everybody is aware of the cold weather that is in the forecast for this weekend. Dr. Bob Kemerait has recently posted on social media on how cold weather will hopefully reduce cotton regrowth and volunteer corn, as well as aid with reducing nematode numbers and diseases. But it could cause significant…

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