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  • Updated Cotton Jassid Info from Dr. Phillip Roberts (UGA Cotton Entomologist) 9/2/25

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  • Cook Extension Ag Update 8/28/25

    Peanut Varieties and Maturity Dates Peanut Maturity Clinics Peanut maturity checks will begin next week (Sept 2). Exact dates and locations TBA however we’ll be located either at the Cook Extension Office or Lenox Peanut. It takes 180 – 220 peanuts to make a sample to check for maturity. Pull up 3-4 tap roots in…

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  • More Cotton Jassid Info 8/19/25

    Cotton Jassids are not hard to find in our cotton fields in Cook County and understanding this new insect, its damage and control, is an evolving situation. Below are images of the insect and recent updated information from Dr. Phillip Roberts as of 8/18/25 on this insect’s spread in GA and control measures. Call with…

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  • Cotton Jassid

    Cotton Jassid (Two Spotted Cotton Leafhopper) This is a new insect. It first appeared in a okra patch about 3 wks. ago here in Cook County, and recently in a cotton field; was found in Georgia counties along the FLA border a week prior. It looks similar to the potato leafhopper in peanuts (not 3…

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  • Peanut Disease Info

    Teb/Bravo is an inexpensive fungicide option in peanuts however if you depend on it for your only white mold control fungicide, you will risk getting what you pay for. See below (local 2023 data), the bar on far right is a teb/bravo applied four times, and indicates significantly more white mold hits/200′ compared to other…

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  • Peanut Pegging Zone Test and Growth Regulator Info

    Peanut Pegging Zone Testing Info

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  • Cook Extension Ag Updates 7/2/25

    Peanut Insect Situation This is from Mark Abney – UGA Peanut Entomologist Lessers – Growers need to continue scouting fields for LCB even in areas that have received ample rain. As irrigated fields (and non-irrigated fields where it is raining consistently) begin to lap the row middles, the risk for LCB reaching threshold levels is…

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  • Corn Southern Rust (and other recent finds)

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  • Cook Extension Ag Updates 5/22/25

    My group text app “Remind” is no longer working. Until I can find another user friendly group text app, these updates will be sent only via email. Tucker Price 229-507-8862 Peanut Cracking Time – Prostko A friendly reminder for peanut growers who need an early-postemergence treatment (aka “cracking” spray) in peanut.  Program can be tweaked…

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  • Peanut Gypsum Sources Info

    Info below from Dr. Scott Monfort – UGA Extension Peanut Specialist. Please call if you have questions. Tucker Price 229-507-8862 Other Points to Consider

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