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Georgia farmers and agriculture consultants hoping to refine their scouting skills are invited to this year’s Insect Scout Schools, hosted by University of Georgia Cooperative Extension. The schools will be held in Tifton, Georgia, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center on Monday, June 13, and in Midville, Georgia, at the Southeast Georgia Research and…
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ALERT: Downy Mildew of Cucurbit Detected in Georgia Downy mildew of squash has been detected from Thomas County in Georgia (May 3, 2016). These observations indicate that inoculum of downy mildew is currently in GA and under favorable conditions (cool and wet conditions) potential disease outbreak in cucurbit can occur. I would suggest our cucurbit growers to look for the downy mildew symptoms in their fields and start…
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UGA Peanut Team entomologist, Dr. Abney, has given the following update on thrips management. Peanut seed are going in the ground in Georgia, and that means thrips and thrips management questions are coming. The following is an updated version of the thrips management summary for 2016. This list is not all inclusive, but it provides…
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Over the last two weeks, we have sent many samples to Tifton’s UGA diagnostic lab. So far several cases of Phytophthora capsici have been confirmed on squash and peppers in Colquitt County, as well as, Pythium spp. on watermelons and pseudomonas (Bacterial leaf spot) on collards. The wet weather conditions have been conducive for…
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Check out the results of the 2015 Colquitt County Conventional Cotton Variety Demonstrations from the Sunbelt Expo Plot. Varieties Average of Gin TO Average of Lint Yield Average of Staple Average of Strength Average of Length Average of Uniformity Average of Net Loan Value DPL 1252 0.399 1,412 36.0 28.9 1.12 83.8 56.87 SSG AU…
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Click on the pdf link below to see UGA’s 2016 Vegetable Fungicide Spray Guides… 2016 Vegetable Fungicide Spray Guides.
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Colquitt County Extension ANR agents and FACS agent are collaborating to offer an upcoming farm to table program.
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This spring corn acres seem to be up in Colquitt County. On March 16th with the help of a several local farmers, Jeremy and I planted an on farm corn trial to evaluate 18 different varieties. Check out our plot plan below. “Jeremy with the local farmers loading the corn seed for the variety trial.”
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Below is an article about Hay Storage, by Jeremy Kichler, Colquitt County Extension agent, that was used in the March 2016 UGA Forage Team Newsletter. Hay is a big expense for cattle operations and keeping the expense down requires hay to be stored efficiently and cost effectively. A lot of hay harvested in Georgia is…
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Colquitt County Extension partners with Colquitt’s Young Farmers Association to host 2016 Pecan Update Date: Tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Colquitt County Extension Office Guest Speaker: Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist Please RSVP: Call (229)616-7455
Posted in: Pecans