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Preliminary 2022 UGA Cotton On-Farm Variety Trial Results

Below you will find the preliminary results for the 2022 UGA Cotton On-Farm Variety Evaluation Program, with notes at the bottom of the first page. This is a living document and will continue to be updated as there are still two trials to harvest, so as updates are made they’ll reflect…
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Hurricane Ian Update

Take home on peanuts and cotton: On peanuts, Dr. Scott Monfort:  “Only dig the risky fields from disease, poor stem strength etc, over mature with nuts coming loose in hull. If vines are healthy leave them in the ground until the storm passes.” On cotton, Dr. Camp Hand:  “If your…
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Row Crop Disease Pictures

Peanuts: Late leaf spot and peanut rust in concert together. Probably too late to do anything in this field, other than to decide if the severity of disease affects digging date. Brick red-orange fruiting structures (perithecia) at the soil line on pegs and stems and crown- Cylindrocladium black rot on…
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Cotton & Peanut Update

Blasted many O6G and some 12Y so far, most look on-time (i.e.- 135-150 days for O6 and 145-160 for 12Y). Please let me know if you want peanuts blasted to check maturity. Cotton Defoliation, Dr. Camp Hand: “With all of the regrowth we have it will be important to back…
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Cotton Defoliation & Young Farmer Meeting Tonight

Tonight Mr. Jesse Kelly, CCHS Young Farmer Advisor, will host a YF meeting with Dr. Camp Hand to present on cotton defoliation as the UGA Cotton Agronomist. Please attend for food, fellowship, and info. – 7p @ CCHS Lunchroom. Flyer below for more info. Also, below that – please see…
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UGA Cotton Team Newsletter – September 2022

Articles in this month’s issue include: High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought (Yangxuan Liu) Importance of End of Season Irrigation Termination and Disease Control in Cotton (BobKemerait, Wesley Porter, David Hall, Jason Mallard) Weather and Climate outlook for September 2022 and Beyond (Pam Knox) Late Season…
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Longleaf Event, Bull Test Deadline, and Row Crop Disease Pics

Longleaf workshop in Statesboro – Oct 11-12: Tifton Bull Test Entry Deadline – September 1st: UGA Site: https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/live-animal-programs/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers.html Cotton “Tiger Striping:” Cylindrocladium Black Rot (CBR) on Peanuts: Bob K: “Best management of CBR occurs using PROPULSE in-furrow at planting. The most important management strategy now later in the season is…
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