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  • 2018 UGA Vegetable Spray Guides (click link below) Watermelon, Succulent Legumes (snap, lima, and pole bean), Collard, Kale, Mustard, Turnips, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cucumber, Pepper, Pumpkin, Tomato, Squash These spray guides are not intended to be followed literally but to give an idea of the chronology of disease pressure in relation to fungicide choice. Fungicide Spray…

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  • Cook Ag Update 3/26/18

    Ration or Replace: Options for Shortages of Chlorothalonil and Propiconazole in Peanut Production Pecan Herbicide Strip Applications – Lenny Wells Its time to burn down those herbicide strips in pecan orchards in preparation for the growing season. There are many combinations of herbicide applications you could use. Here are a few for trees of different…

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  • Variety Information: Peanut, Cotton, Corn, Soybean Variety Information HERE: 2017 Peanut White Mold Fungicide Trial Data: Here are abbreviated, highlighted results from the 2017 Peanut Fungicide Trial we conducted locally in Cook County with UGA Peanut Specialist Bob Kemerait.  I don’t know how well these results will show up in this format so please call…

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  • The link below is the third in a series of fact sheets on the new seed cotton program from Don Shurley, Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics.   GB conversions paper 0221rev2

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  • Pecan Ambrosia Beetle Alert

    TO: COOK CO PECAN PRODUCERS From UGA Pecan Specialist Lenny Wells: “Asian Ambrosia Beetle Attack on Young Tree Trunk We have had our first report of ambrosia beetle emergence in a Brooks County orchard at the end of last week. With warm temperatures expected through the next 7-10 days, ambrosia beetle activity is likely to…

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  • “MYA Prices and Calculating Payments with the Seed Cotton PLC” from Don Shurley and Adam N. Rabinowitz, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia. This is more detailed information about the new seed cotton PLC program.  This is the second in a series—the first (a quick 1-pager) was sent out.  The attached piece goes…

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  • The U.S. Congress passed budget legislation that included the designation of seed cotton as a covered commodity under the 2014 farm bill. The President has signed this legislation and it has become law. The attached document highlights the critical components about the new cotton program and treatment of Generic Base.  The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018…

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  • 2018 Vegetable Spray Guides  Click this link Fungicide Spray Guide for Vegetables_2018 You can pick these up at Cook Extension Office also. (Watermelon, Snap/Lima/Pole Beans, Collard, Kale, Mustard, Turnip, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cucumber, Pepper, Pumpkin, Tomato, Squash) 2018 Pecan Spray Guides HERE 2018 Peanut Production Info UGA Peanut e-guide This year peanut updates are in shortened condensed…

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  • Cook County Watermelon Production Update Cook County Extension Office Mtg Room Wednesday, January 31 @ 12 Noon Speakers: Dr. Bhabesh Dutta Dr. Tim Coolong RSVP by Tuesday, January 30 @ 229-896-7456 (Food is Pre-Ordered) Pesticide Credits Available

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