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  • Pecan Crop Maturity and GA Clean Day Info

    Pecan Crop Maturity and Leaf Senescence Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist The 2018 pecan crop is virtually made. Every nut I have cut of every variety I have looked at over the last two weeks is full of kernel. By the middle of last week, in addition to Pawnee, which is about ready for harvest…

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  • Livestock Mtg in Tift Co

    Cattle Clinic in Tift Co Call to RSVP if you are interested. The Tift County Cattlemen’s Association would like to invite you to our “Cattle Clinic” on Saturday September 22nd at the Alapaha Beef Unit. This a free clinic with breakfast and lunch provided. Topics to be covered are Winter Supplements, Crossbreeding & Bull Selection,…

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  • Peanut Digging Dates, Peanut Hay, 4-H Veg Plant Sale

    Dig Peanuts at Correct Maturity Baling Peanut Hay Considerations Peanuts produce about 6000 lbs/A vines. Baling effeciency is about ½ that amount (3000 lbs/A). Average peanut round bale = 1000 lbs. Avg N,P,K fertilizer prices (Sept 2018) N = .45/lb; P = .38/lb; K = .28/lb. Baling hay removes roughly, 50 lbs N/acre ($22.50); 10…

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  • Cotton,Peanut, Corn, Soybean Disease Update

    Row Crop Disease Update from UGA Plant Pathologist Bob Kemerait: PEANUTS: Getting lots of questions these days about late-season peanut disease problems.  Just a few thoughts.    Three weeks to go until you dig the peanuts and little-or-no disease in the field?  I wouldn’t put out any more fungicides unless there is threat of a…

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  • Bermudagrass Stem Maggots, Peanut Maturity, Cotton Defoliation Update Mtg

    Bermudagrass Stem Maggots Bermudagrass stem maggots (BSM) are not hard to find in hay fields and pastures now.  Damaged stems will have dead tops which can be pulled apart from the main stem (see image below).  Sometimes the maggot will come out with the dead stem. “Suppressing BSM can be effective when a recommended rate…

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  • Cotton,Peanut,Soybean Info

    Cotton, Soybean, Peanut Disease Info Bob Kemerait SOYBEAN RUST still only found in kudzu in Decatur and Grady Counties, though it has likely spread.  Remember that critical times to protect the soybean crop are between first bloom (R1) and full-seed (R6) growth stages. COTTON:  Target Spot is here and across the Coastal Plain.  Not every…

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  • Pecan Weevils

    Pecan Weevils Lenny Wells, UGA Extension Pecan Specialist It is that time of the year again when we expect pecan weevils to be present in the orchards. Peak emergence is expected to be between August 10 and September 20 in Georgia. Therefore, the last week of July would be the ideal time to start monitoring…

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  • Cotton Plant Growth Regulator Info

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  • Forestry Meeting with CFE and CLE Credits – Aug 15 & 16

    Increasing Financial Returns from Southern Pine Plantations through Objective Evaluation of Silvicultural Treatments Bulloch County Ag Center August 15 & 16 Registration Fee – $210 CFE Credits – Category 1 (applied for) 14 HRS CLE Credits – Environment 5 HRS Cat 23 Commercial. 2 HRS Private GA Pesticide Applicators. Click HERE for more info. Click…

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  • Asian Soybean Rust Update

    Info on Asian Soybean Rust in GA, Disease ID, Soybean Growth Stages, Soybean Fungicides. Asian Soybean Rust Update (Bob Kemerait) “Our first find of Asian soybean rust in Georgia was confirmed on KUDZU from Attapulgus area in Decatur County on 12 of 50 leaves sampled.  We have not found it there in past weeks.  This…

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