Peanuts
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Scout School – Dr. Phillip Roberts: “Insect scouting schools will be conducted on June 7, 2021 in Tifton and June 15, 2021 in Midville. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean. These programs offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage, natural enemies, and scouting procedures. The training will serve as an…
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Have been seeing white-lined burrower bugs crawling around, in large numbers, a few peanut fields but mostly cotton fields with volunteer peanuts. These are not considered pests in these crops. Their populations will decrease as we enter the summer. Lots of mortality in this insect can already be seen – most likely due to lack…
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Been seeing multiple fields with thrips (blurry pic to left-above), upwards of 3-4 per plant. Heavy feeding on the first true leaves will cause crinkling (right pic above) and heavy infestations can lead to to stunted plants/delayed maturity. Threshold for systemic foliar insecticides is 2-3 thrips per plant with immatures present. Dr. Bob K commenting:…
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Dr. Bob K: “Thanks to Rome Ethredge for sending me picture(s) of the first Aspergillus crown rot on peanut (see below) he has seen this year. Given the near-100-degree heat headed our way, we are likely to see much more soon as our seed-treatment and in-furrow fungicides WILL be tested. Aspergillus crown rot is most…
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Dr. Glen Harris, UGA Extension Agronomist: Cotton Fertilizer Considerations Post Heavy Rain Requested comments on how getting a “pile” of rain can affect fertilizer plans for 2021 Georgia cotton–> The good news… I don’t think there is reason to panic…for a number of reasons: Even if you already put out your preplant N-P-K (which is…
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Been receiving a some calls over the past few days about when to plant / planting considerations for cotton and peanuts. Our target soil temp at the 4″ soil depth is 65 degrees F. Thinking about cotton timing makes me think about disease prevention and planting out of the threat of thrips….a moving target. I…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: Rain forecasted for tomorrow, Saturday, across much of southern Georgia will bring cool, wet soils that are perfect for seedling diseases in cotton and peanut. So, in my opinion, best to wait. I think Dr. Monfort and Dr. Hand would agree that planting either peanut or cotton under such approaching conditions…
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Georgia Peanut Commission – Bryan Tucker Peanut Agronomic Update – Scott Monfort Trouble Shooting Soil Fertility Problems – Glen Harris Precision Application Technologies for Peanut Production – Simer Virk Disease and Nematode Management Update – Bob Kemerait 2021 Peanut Outlook – Amanda Smith 2021 Peanut weed Control – Eric Prostko Peanut Irrigation and Engineering Update – Wesley Porter Peanut Insect Management – Mark Abney
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As y’all start and continue your variety selection for 2021 I wanted to share not only the OVT data: Peanut Cotton but some of the On-farm Trials that might yield more specific info as to how certain cultivars are performing in conditions and soil similar to ours, in neighboring counties: Peanut Variety and Seeding rate…
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