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COLQUITT COUNTY 2016 Vegetable Production Update Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:00pm – 2:00pm Stormy Sparks, Tim Coolong, and Bhabesh Dutta will be discussing vegetable production for 2016. A sponsored lunch will be provided, please call the Colquitt County Extension Office (229)-616-7455 to register for this meeting.
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Attached is a pdf link to the 2015 Seedless Watermelon Variety Evaluation that Dr. Tim Coolong conducted in Tifton, Ga. This report contains a lot of useful information such as harvest times, total harvests, quality, weights, etc., that allows growers to compare numerous watermelon varieties. If you have any questions about the watermelon variety evaluation please contact the…
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Every year the UGA Ag Economics Department updates row crop production budgets. Excel spreadsheet budgets for corn, peanut, grain sorghum, and soybean are available for use. Each commodity has an irrigated and dryland budget. If you are interested in the 2016 row crop budgets go to the link below. Also, the Jan 2016 version of…
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The University of Georgia Extension Ag Economics Department has released an updated Crop Comparison Tool for 2016. This spreadsheet includes cotton, peanuts, corn, soybeans, wheat and grain sorghum in both irrigated and non-irrigated situations. Growers can also compare the cost difference between conventional and strip till production systems and also compare returns above variable costs…
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Helminthosporium in Rye Before Christmas Holidays, we looked at a couple of winter rye fields that were having problems with the lower leaves dying on the plants, and the younger leaves exemplifying numerous necrotic spots. These symptoms were caused by a stressed derived pathogen called Helminthosporium. This disease is the causal agent of the leaf…
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2015 Colquitt County Soybean Variety Demonstration Variety Yield Bu/A @ 13.0% Moisture Test Weight LB/Bu Moisture % at Harvest Height at Harvest (Inches) Asgrow 6931 GenRR2Y 63.6 57.6 14.7 35.4 Pioneer 67T25 R2 60.8 57.9 14.7 37.0 Credenz 7070 RY 63.7 58.4 15.0 37.0 Asgrow 7231 GenRR2Y 65.8 57.5 15.2 37.8 Asgrow 6931 GenRR2Y 62.9…
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Colquitt County Extension Upcoming Meetings/Events for 2016 Extension/Other Meetings Date Location 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 7-10, 2016 Savannah, Ga Area Melon Production Meeting Fri., Jan 15, 2016 @ 12:00 pm Tift County Extension Office Georgia Peanut Farm Show & Conference Thru., Jan 21, 2016 UGA Tifton Conference Center Ag Forecast…
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