Pecans
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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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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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From Andrew Sawyer, UGA SE Area Pecan Agent: Young Trees Pecan Budmoth – Adults overwinter under bark scales then start laying eggs in the Spring. Eggs hatch in about 6 days and the larvae then feed on buds and leaves. The tips of the leaves may look necrotic or burned. They stay in larvae stage for…
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I’ve gotten many phone calls on eligibility for the Farm Recovery Block Grant which will be going live next Wednesday, Mar 18th. Little details have been made public since the press conference with Governor Kemp on Feb 26th officially announced the $347 million of allocated funds. The GDA has added to their Block Grant website,…
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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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The Ag Forecast in Tifton was last Friday. Below are handouts which recap the “takeaways” for each commodity covered: The meeting started with call outs to all the VIP’s in the audience like Reps from Sam Perdue’s office, local Chamber of Commerce members, Rep Austin Scott and many more. Austin Scott said a few words…
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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…
Posted in: Corn, Cotton, Disease, Economics, Grains/Small Grain, Insect, Livestock, Pecans, Soybeans, Vegetables, Watermelon, Weed Science
