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A few words from Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Plant Pathologist on the current disease situation. Greetings: Peanut: Many of our peanut fields have reached, or are rapidly approaching, 60 days after planting. During this time of the season it is important to protect a peanut crop from white mold and from leaf spot diseases. Currently,…
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Below is a blog post from Dr. Lenny Wells about the rain fastness of pecan fungicides. It is from the UGA Pecan Blog . Jul 12, 2021 | Written by Lenny Wells Much of the following is a post from 2017 but timely for our situation at the moment: Pecan scab is enjoying ideal weather in much of…
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Ty Torrance, UGA Tri County Vegetable Agent , would like to invite all of you to attend a Vegetable Insect and Disease update July 20th at Noon. The meeting will be held in-person at the Extension Ag Complex in Moultrie. This will be an update by Stormy Sparks on Diamondback data collected from the spring…
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In this Issue – July 2021 Tarnished Plant Bug Scouting and Management (Phillip Roberts) July Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Considerations (David Hall and Wesley Porter) PGR Considerations (Camp Hand) Conditions in July Favorable for Target Spot (Bob Kemerait) Tarnished Plant Bug Scouting and Management Written By: Phillip Roberts – UGA Extension Entomologist Tarnished plant bug infestations…
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Jun 23, 2021 | Written by Simerjeet Virk PWM systems are becoming more common on boom sprayers recently and there are increasing number of growers who are first-time users of these systems and need to make nozzle selection decisions for their systems. While nozzle selection for a PWM system is somewhat similar to the nozzle selection process for…
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Cotton: The cotton crop in the area ranges from just emerging to first bloom. Aphid populations seem to be building in some areas in the county. Aphids will typically build moderate to high numbers and eventually crash due to a naturally occurring fungus, Neozygites fresenii. This fungal epizootic typically occurs in late June or early…
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June 2021 Cotton Team Newsletter June Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Update (David Hall and Wes Porter) The only thing for certain in farming is that there are no two years the same. May of 2021 brought us some very hot and dry weather. Some of these conditions put our crops at points of stress, especially in…
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Corn: Southern Rust has been reported in Coffee and Colquitt Counties this week. Area corn ranges from pre tassel to post pollination stage of development. Which growers are at highest risk? According to Bob Kemerait, because the rust (which was well established in the field) was found in Coffee County, I would say any corn…
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Thank you for your time please contact your local extension agent with any questions. Thank you,Jeremy Kichler229-921-1977
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