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From Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network: “This is an update on the two tropical storms that are predicted to affect the mainland US next week. As of 11 am today, the eastern depression has organized enough to be named Tropical Storm Laura. The western one is TD14 but is expected to become…
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Summer field days and Ag meetings throughout the state have moved online over the past few months. Below are a few past/future viewing opportunities. Southeast Research and Education Center in Midville Virtual Field Day 2020 About 2hours, topics with time stamps below: Implementation of Variable Rate Irrigation – Wes Porter – 2:40 Cotton Insect Pest…
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Crisp County’s Extension office will host a Zoom webinar about pollinators and the census for any interested parties on Saturday, August 22nd from 5-6pm. Pre-registration required at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEod-mhpzkrHtYWa2GfD-kfsoAaY6HLVS3b On August 21st and 22nd Georgians across the state will join together to count pollinators as part of the second Great Georgia Pollinator Census (https://GGaPC.org). In 2019,…
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Between now and next Tuesday (Aug 18th) while I’m walking peanut fields I’ll also be collecting data for Dr. Scott Monfort on the prevalence of Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus (TSWV). If you have any field(s) you want me to look at, please call or text (229-417-7062) and direct me to the location(s). So to not…
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Here’s a timely news release from Dr. Michael Toews on grain protectants as many commence corn harvest in and around Crisp: August grain protectant As grazing continues in our forage pastures and hay fields are receiving their second or third cutting, below is a table listing the grazing restrictions as well as harvest intervals for…
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“Our trapping results clearly show that this year (2020),we are experiencing whitefly infestation in cotton couple weeks earlier than seen in any typical year…” Apurba Barman, UGA Entomology PostDoc Researcher, wrote in the latest UGA Cotton Team Newsletter, in response to the graph below. Barman elaborates that: “Although the average trap capture is much higher…
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The Virtual Midville Field Day will be held on Wednesday, August 12 at 9:30 am. Participants will be awarded 2 hours commercial/private pesticide credit and Certified Crop Advisor CEU’s. To recieve either of these, participants must be pre-registered before 9:30am that day via link below. Also, view flyer below for more info. https://ugeorgia.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0cFcAgYstKFG5BH 2020 Midville…
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A few landscape, producer, and general Ag industry workers have asked about obtaining CEU credits for GA private and commercial pesticide licenses during these times of few-to-no in-person group meetings. Below are some upcoming virtual events (all on Zoom, which anyone can download for free) where y’all can grab some CEU’s: UGA Center for Urban…
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Two unrelated topics below but I wanted to get them out today: Tropical Storm Isaias We’re all watching this storm as its scheduled to make landfall sometime early Sunday and we might see affects from this system that same day into next Monday. From Pam Knox: Director of UGA Weather Network: “NOAA’s National Hurricane Center…
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To assist with Irrigation Scheduling: here is a link to a publication which includes checkbook water use curves for cotton, corn, peanuts, and soybeans: https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=c1189 Let me know if you have any questions about using soil moisture and/or temperature data in Irrigator pro or SI Cotton software. Cotton Dr. Philip Roberts discusses whitefly number increase,…