Cotton
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GA Cotton Commission: “Our 2022 Annual Meeting is set for Wednesday, January 26 at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center! Pre-register at https://uga.ungerboeck.com/prod/emc00/PublicSignIn.aspx?&SessionID=fh3ff1fbofg4fc1&Lang=*Visit https://georgiacottoncommission.org/speakers-announced…/ for more information about the meeting and to view an agenda!” Please join us for the 2022 Northeast Georgia Beef Cattle Short Course. This year we have a great program with…
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Preliminary 2021 On-Farm Variety Trial Results: Camp Hand: “Christmas came early in my first year as cotton specialist. 24/25 of our variety trials have been picked as of December 20, and attached here you can find our preliminary variety trial results for 2021. This is a living document and will change once all of the…
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Posted in: Cotton, Disease, Economics, Events/Programs, Fertility, Insect, Peanuts, Pecans, Watermelon, Weed Science
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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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Dr. Camp Hand: “The glaring difference in the past two weeks is going to be the chances of rainfall this week. Below you will find the Defoliation Handout that myself and Dr. Snider put together, which contains rainfree periods for some of the more common defoliants used. The one that sticks out is going to…
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Here’s to hoping the forecasted drier weather sticks around for the sake of our peanut fields, many which have drowned out but are ready to dig, and for cotton that’s battling boll rot. Dr. Bob’s words on extending peanut fungicide programs past 120 days: Chlorothalonil alone as a season-long stand-alone leaf spot material may not…
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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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Dr. Bob K: “The Big 3 foliar diseases of cotton: target spot, areolate mildew, and bacterial blight, have been found. While ‘the sky is not falling’, the best management of areolate mildew and target spot is with judicious and timely fungicide applications. I believe yield of cotton can be affected by target spot until the…