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There is a $10 fee for online registration and the in-person fee is $20 (includes breakfast). Program Here: Agenda below: 2022 Agenda January 28th, 2022 7:30 am Registration and light breakfast 8:30 am 2022 Georgia Ag Forecast begins Welcome — Mike Toews, Assistant Dean, UGA Tifton Campus UGA CAES Remarks — Nick Place, Dean, UGA…
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Rome Ethredge, Interim Small Grain Agronomist UGA: “This year’s UGA Corn yield data has been posted thanks to Dr. Mailhot and his variety testing team. Here’s a link to the online data .Corn – Summer Crops | Statewide Variety Testing (uga.edu) Click on 2021 Preliminary. Blairsville data not there yet, they hope to harvest soon and…
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Cotton Defoliant Update Dr. Camp Hand: “The story of the next couple of weeks is cooler temperatures. For the most part, highs in the 70s and lows in the 50s for the next 10 to 14 days; some of our defoliants will not work as well so we may need to use some different rates…
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Assortment of pictures sent to Dr. Bob end of last week, and yes…all these symptoms can be found in the Crisp Co area right now: Nutritional/Physiological Problem on Corn Stemphylium Leaf Spot on Cotton Areolate Mildew on Cotton Likely Early Leaf Spot on Peanut Late Leaf Spot on Peanut Foliar Burn on Peanut White mold…
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From Doc Bob-K: “We are in the ‘thick of it’ as far as diseases go for corn, peanuts, cotton, and soybeans. The weather, now the rising temperatures, and the development of the crop are near-perfect for disease development and rapid spread. 1. Soybean rust confirmed (easily confirmed) in Sentinel Plots (soybeans now, not just kudzu)…
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Southern corn rust was positively identified in Jeff Davis Co yesterday through the collaboration of consultant Brooks Adcock and said county’s Ag Extension agent, Jennifer Miller. What to consider now via Dr. Bob K: “1. Which growers are at highest risk? Because the rust (which was well established in the field) was found in Coffee…
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Been seeing multiple fields with thrips (blurry pic to left-above), upwards of 3-4 per plant. Heavy feeding on the first true leaves will cause crinkling (right pic above) and heavy infestations can lead to to stunted plants/delayed maturity. Threshold for systemic foliar insecticides is 2-3 thrips per plant with immatures present. Dr. Bob K commenting:…
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Quick disease mention via Dr. Bob Kemerait from a Tift Co corn field: “1. See pictures from Justin Hand, Ag Agent in Tifton: 2. There’s a single lesion on this leaf (pic to left) and Justin reported that there’s only a couple other lesions like this in the field after walking a significant portion. Corn…
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Dr. Glen Harris, UGA Extension Agronomist: Cotton Fertilizer Considerations Post Heavy Rain Requested comments on how getting a “pile” of rain can affect fertilizer plans for 2021 Georgia cotton–> The good news… I don’t think there is reason to panic…for a number of reasons: Even if you already put out your preplant N-P-K (which is…