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…
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Thanks to everyone who came out to Crisp’s 2020 Pecan Production meeting. Special thanks to our sponsors, caterer (JB’s Backyard BBQ) and speakers. The UGA speakers are listed below along with their presentations linked: Dr. Lenny Wells – PresentationLW Jason Brock – PresentationJB Dr. Angel Acebes – PresentationAA Additional Resources…
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Great annual meeting at St. Simon’s Island this year. Listed below are the speakers from 2020 and linked is each of their presentations: Dr. Josh Freeman – U Florida – J Freeman Presentation GWA 2020 Dr. Gordon Johnson – U Delaware – G Johnson Presentation GWA 2020 Larry Benjamin –…
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Last week Dr. Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist, shared graphs ahead of the upcoming statewide County Peanut Production meetings. These graphs, posted below, compare data collected in Tifton over the past six years between varieties and row configuration. The Crisp Co Peanut Production Meeting is Mon, Jan 27th @ Noon…
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“Pest Manager Trainings” are organised around the state by Willie Chance to, using a phrase he bookmarks his emails with, “-help those who protect us from pests.” Willie retired from UGA Extension with more than 30 years experience. I’ve attended one of his training’s and was humbled by how insightful…
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March 15th is the deadline to make ARC/PLC elections and enrollments for 2023 crop year. Please see the decision making resources below and reach out (229-417-7062) if you have any questions. Texas A&M Decision Tool (yes, you need to create an account): https://www.afpc.tamu.edu/tools/farm/farmbill/2018/ Kansas State Decision Tool (Excel spreadsheet with…
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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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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…
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Articles Below – Various Authors: Post-bloom Nutrient Deficiencies, Waterlogging, and Foliar Feeding The Next Big Thing (Plant Pathology) August Weather and Climate Outlook Variable-Rate PGR Application Considerations Cotton Irrigation Considerations for August Factors Responsible for Boll Retention/Shed in Cotton Musings from the Road Silverleaf Whitefly Management
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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…
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Dr. Simer Virk, UGA precision Ag Specialist, as shared this blog post about broadcast spreader calibrations: https://site.extension.uga.edu/precisionag/2022/02/proper-spreader-calibration-is-important-for-precision-fertilizer-applications/ Also, our district office has spreader calibration kits available for me to check out. If you ever what me to come out to your farming operation to help calibrate, please let me know…
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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…
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