Corn
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The 2023 Corn Short Course will be held January 17, 2023 at the Tifton Campus Conference Center. Registration information can be found at 2023 Corn Short Course – Event – Calendar | Tifton Campus Conference Center (uga.edu) Flyer and agenda below. A special session on the opportunities and challenges of the carbon credit markets featuring two presenters…
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Corn after Corn in the Same Year By: Rome Ethredge Second crop of corn this year is a mixed bag in Georgia. In some cases we had too little nitrogen early and some was tied up in organic matter from a tall and leafy first crop. We also had fields where disease severely affected the…
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Dr. Bob K: “Dr. Ian Small and Ethan Carter have reported southern corn rust from Calhoun County, FLORIDA. Southern Corn rust is nearly right on time…..we typically find it by the first week in June. Conditions for the next week will be perfect for spread- warm, humid, storms. I DO NOT believe in spraying fungicides…
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The 2023 Corn Silage and Stored Forage Field Day this year will be at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center on June 15. This event is free to attend but registration is required – please if you are considering attending this event go online and register today so that we can include you in the head count! Register at: http://tiny.cc/23CSSF
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Corn Rome Ethredge: “Corn harvest is going on in a big way now and early reports are of about 210-250 bushel irrigated yields. With the high heat we had this is probably going to be good for this year. I’ve had numerous comments sent to me about ear rots and cob degradation so we need…
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Southern Corn Rust was found for the 1st time this season in Georgia corn yesterday in a Wayne County field. It was an early planted field with plants between the R3-R4 growth stage. Dr. Bob K: Who is at greatest risk? Answer. All growers in SE GA with irrigated corn at or very near tassel…
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Dr. Bob: Corn “The symptoms of stunting and the pattern in the [corn] field above could be associated with several different things. In my world, this absolutely could be the result of a problem with plant parasitic nematodes. In Dr. Glen Harris’s world of soils and soil fertility, it could be something else. Most importantly, this image…
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Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Nematodes- plant parasitic nematodes, especially on corn, are the most pressing thing in my world right now. Bottom line- a lot of row crop growers in Georgia, even now on corn, are recognizing that poor growth in their fields COULD BE nematodes! But is it REALLY nematodes? Because stunting can be caused…
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Pecans Dr. Lenny Wells (excerpts from newest UGA Pecan Blog Post): “After a couple of weeks of 80 degree temperatures we are facing low temperatures in the mid 20s this weekend. Forecasts call for temps anywhere from 25 degrees to 28 degrees from middle Georgia down to Valdosta. Temps further north in the Athens area…
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Held in Tifton, GA last month – this event had its main sessions recorded – of which row crops, forestry, horticulture, and livestock/poultry can be found below. The ag forecast report document can be found here: https://agforecast.caes.uga.edu/ Also, the updated crop comparison tool as well as commodity budgets can be found here: https://agecon.uga.edu/extension/budgets.html
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