Peanuts

  • 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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  • Production Meetings are right around the corner. If you’re interested in attending one or more please RSVP. First meeting – peanut on Jan 24th. I’ve changed the phone number to my cell phone due to office phone line issues and construction. So please reach out to me, Josh Grant, at (229)-417-7062 to RSVP. Thanks!

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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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  • Burrower bug can be an economically important insect in peanuts in the southeastern US, though management timing can be tricky since there’s no established sampling techniques or economic thresholds. A paper recently published out of the lab of Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist, dives into the biology and management of this pest. Follow the…

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  • Dr. Mark Abney: “The US EPA announced [last week, Aug 18] that it will revoke all tolerances for chlorpyrifos. This will take effect 6 months after the final rule is published in the Federal Register. I do not know how long that will take, but I expect a matter of weeks. The link below will…

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  • Historically I’ve started receiving samples to blast in late August. Many plantings were bumped for innumerous reasons – cool temperatures in April, lack of rain in late May and hot temperatures leading into June – so we could be a bit delayed. Regardless, I’m ready to blast whenever you’re interested. Please give me a call…

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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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  • Row Crop Update

    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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  • Dr. Bob K: Many of our peanut fields have reached, or are rapidly approaching, 60 days after planting. During this time of the season it is important to protect a peanut crop from white mold and from leaf spot diseases. Currently, rainfall has been abundant in many of our counties. The rainfall is beneficial to…

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