Soybeans
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “1. Southern Corn Rust– I continue to find new “hits” of southern corn rust in South Georgia, no reports in the Piedmont or mountains. Rust continues to be a real threat for later planted corn. 2. Eye spot on corn – It can look superficially like rust at quick glance…
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Peanuts: Dr. Mark Abney – “Portal (fenpyroximate) received a label and can be used in peanut for mite management in 2020. See the supplemental label below. 20 portal peanut supplemental As a reminder, there are only two products registered and recommended by UGA for mite control in peanut: Comite and Portal. I recommend using…
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Dicamba (A. S. Culpepper). On June 8, 2020 the U.S. EPA released critical information on Engenia, Fexapan, and XtendiMax. The entire release can be found at https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-offers-clarity-farmers-light-recent-court-vacatur-dicamba-registrations Please visit the website for details; however, below are the details of the order: “Details of the Order EPA’s order addresses sale, distribution, and use of existing stocks of the…
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The Federal Court overturned EPA’s approval of dicamba-based herbicides yesterday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 9th District. “In a stunning rebuke of the Environmental Protection Agency, a federal court on Wednesday overturned the agency’s approval of popular dicamba-based herbicides made by chemical giants Bayer, BASF and Corteva Agrisciences. The ruling effectively makes…
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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “1. Soybean rust continues to spread in our kudzu patches on the Coastal Plain. We know it is in Seminole, Decatur, Lowndes, Montgomery, Telfair, and Appling Counties in kudzu. No detection’s in soybeans yet.2. Northern corn leaf blight– note two pictures sent to me by Cindy Meadows and Rome Ethredge from…
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https://issuu.com/sepfonline/docs/april_2020_web?fr=sYmY3YzEyMjE2Mjg is the link for the issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer which has significant information about disease management this year. You can get digital copies of the SE Peanut Farmer magazine dating back to 2013 at this website: https://www.sepfonline.com/?page_id=2 https://peanuts.caes.uga.edu/ for the latest Peanut Rx calculator and Industry programs. From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “We continue to…
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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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From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “We have had significant rain in Tifton over the past 24 hours; I know many you probably received even more than we did. A few notes for you today: 1. Asian soybean rust is now confirmed on kudzu in Seminole and Lowndes Counties. Weather like we are having now (and more…
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The University of Georgia and Georgia Department of Agriculture dicamba training program will complete the 2020 sessions using online webinar delivery of materials. The decision of the U.S. EPA requires only applicators who were not trained in 2019 to be trained in 2020. Please the use the registration links below to RSVP to your preferred…
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Driving down to Tifton this morning to deliver a steer for processing I saw that the majority of fields off 41 had been tilled/disc-ed. Field prep is well underway in Crisp and surrounding counties. Also, pigweed seedlings have begun to emerge in spots like in this picture below from the UGA Ponder Farm (Ty Ty).…