Insect
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Pecans- Andrew Sawyer, UGA SE Area Pecan Agent, publishes monthly radio interviews about the pecan industry. This month’s post is linked below (5min, 43sec) and talks about COVID, domestic crop, and international tariffs / demand’s effect on the market: UGA Pecan Update – May 2020 Cotton- Dr. Philip Robert, UGA Cotton Entomologist, also publishes an…
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The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has not been found in any US state other than Washington (May 2020). Below are two infographics which review: 1) the insects’ biology and 2) common look-a-likes. If you have any questions you can reach out to me at (229)-417-7062. Thanks. Best Wishes, Joshua Grant AsianGiantHornetFactsheet AsianGiantHornetLookalikes
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Morning all, I know this will be a big week in the field since the chance of storms bringing heavy rain is the lowest its been in two/three weeks. I’ve received two calls already today about Pecan Nut Casebearer (PNC) activity. I’ve been trapping on the western side of the county all month and hit…
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Monitoring for pests, either via traps or scouting, help us make informed decisions on when to apply management strategies. Scouting continues across the Coastal Plains for the fungal pathogen, Asian soybean rust, which can jump from kudzu as a host to our soybean crop. Dr. Bob Kemerait shares: “Through our sentinel plot program sponsored by…
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See newsletter below from UGA SE Pecan Area Agent, Andrew Sawyer. It covers early season insect pests, fertility, and examples of fungicide programs for scab control: SoutheastGeorgiaPecanUpdate-April 2020 As always, you can find more info at the UGA Pecan Blog that is updated regularly by the Pecan team at: https://site.extension.uga.edu/pecan/ Thanks and be safe everyone.…
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Thanks to everyone who came out to Crisp’s 2020 Cotton Production meeting. Special thanks to our sponsors, caterer (Gay’s Foods, Inc) and speakers, Dr. Phillip Roberts, Dr. Bob Kemerait, and Richey Seaton from the Ga Cotton Commission. Phillip’s and Richey’s presentations are linked below. Bob’s is very similar to what he showed at our disease…
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By: Becky Griffin, UGA Community & School Garden Coordinator February is tree and shrub planting time in Georgia with Arbor Day on Friday, February 21st. Planting trees and shrubs this early in the spring allows the plants to develop healthy root systems to help the plant handle our summer heat and drought. There are…
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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 mentioned at meeting: https://pecans.uga.edu/ –…
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Dr. Tim Coolong, UGA Vegetable Horticulturist, presented last week in Turner Co on Industrial Hemp, a commodity that currently has a market in the SE US for CBD oil. The final rule has been approved on the federal level but Georgia’s final rule has not been finalized. Once it does become approved the GDA website…
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I know y’all are soil sampling, selling equipment, buying implements, watching the forecast/rain, making planting choices….etc. On top of your daily routine there’s all these meetings to keep track of. We had a wonderful turnout for this past Mondays Peanut meeting, over 50 people. Will be sending out the info from the meeting soon. SE…
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