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Colquitt County Ag Report

News, events, and happenings in Colquitt County agriculture.

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  • Fall Vegetable Disease Update Today at 11:00 am

    PESTICIDE & CCA CREDITS WILL BE AVAILABLE Thank You,Jeremy KichlerColquitt County Extension Coordinator229-921-1977

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  • Colquitt County Cotton Fungicide Demonstrations

    Last week I had a couple of questions about applying fungicides to cotton.  Two on farm demonstrations were conducted in Colquitt County last year to evaluated the potential of increasing cotton yield with fungicides.  The demonstrations were replicated and the fungicides where applied by the grower.  The Bay location was harvested with a basket picker and weighed…

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  • Sampling and Managing Whiteflies in Georgia Cotton

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  • UGA researchers discover genes that allow bacteria to resist onion’s natural defenses

    By Maria M. Lameiras for CAES News After years of building and analyzing sample collections, plant pathologists at the University of Georgia have identified the genes that allow a type of bacteria that causes onion center rot to resist onions’ natural defenses in a “chemical arms race.” The pathogen Pantoea ananatis can enter onions through…

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  • Scouting Silverleaf Whiteflies in Cotton

    I have received several calls about whiteflies this week and wanted to share the following information.

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  • SOUTHEAST GEORGIA PECAN UPDATE

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  • Colquitt County Ag Update 6-19-20

    There has been a few things going on this week in cotton, corn, hay and peanuts. Lets discuss plant bugs, snails, southern rust, bermudagrass stem maggots and a new insecticide label in peanut. Cotton:  The area cotton crop ranges from just emerging to 10-12 nodes.  Producers are sidedressing, applying herbicides and pgr’s.  Topics that came…

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  • Marketing your Georgia Grown Produce Through eCommerce

    During the COVID-19 Pandemic, expanding your online capabilities is crucial to business continuity. Join us and Georgia Grown on June 17 for an #eCommerce workshop featuring #smallbiz experts from the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center! Reserve your spot today at https://bit.ly/3dDJsZ9

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  • Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops

    Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops Harvesting and Handling of Vegetable Crops Webinar Wednesday June 10, 2020 2:30 – 4:00 PM Hosted by Andre DeSilva – Vegetable Production SpecialistGuest Seaker – Angelos Deltsidis, PhD Postharvest Specialist This webinar will cover proper harvesting management of many Georgia grown vegetables Webinar link: https://zoom.us/j/94796290490 Thank you for your time,…

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  • UGA Extension Healthy Georgia Connections

    In this issue: Prepare food safely to avoid foodborne illness  Preventing termites in Georgia homes Healthy nutrition and physical activity habits at home Thank you for your time, Jeremy M. KichlerColquitt County ExtensionCounty Extension Coordinator350 Veterans ParkwayBuilding 1, Rm 132Moultrie, GA 31788p: 229-921-1977e: jkichler@uga.edu

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