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  • From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Southern corn rust was found in Madison Co. FL yesterday just south of the Georgia line. Established in 2 fields of corn; relatively new. With approaching weather this weekend, I advise growers in Deep South Central and deep Southeast Georgia to consider a fungicide application in their corn nearing tassel or…

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  • Dicamba Use Update

    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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  • Below is a Pecan Management Circular places disease, pest, and management practices on a year long calendar based on tree phenology. Pecan Management Lastly, the second link explains the “Pecan Hedge-pruning: A Sustainable Management Option for the Southeastern US” initiative between UGA and USDA-Byron. In the link is a survey which asks producers about their…

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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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  • From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “I’d like to share a few images with you of symptoms on corn from yesterday. John, UGA Ag Agent in Coffee Co, was pretty sure it was herbicide drift, but as he noted zero spotting on nearby squash, wanted to double check. The damage in the picture is certainly drift injury…

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  • Many of the comments below are from May’s Peanut Pointers: Comments from Dr. Scott Monfort (from end of last week, sorry I’m late getting this out), UGA Peanut Agronomist, on our cold weather we’re about to move out of: 1. If you are dryland and you are afraid of losing needed moisture then I would go…

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  • From Dr. Bob Kemerait: “Just a few things for you to consider as we start the week.  Some of our earliest corn is rapidly approaching tassel. My advice to corn growers with top yield expectations is to ask themselves, “Do I need to apply a fungicide as I get to tassel?” The reason for this is that…

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  • Been looking at lots of Coastal, Russell, and Tift 85 these past two weeks as producers question timing of their first cutting and purpling / burning witnessed at the tips of their Bermudagrass leaf blades. With the first cutting usually of lower quality, due to all the weed trash (so much rye grass), many of…

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  • The Asian giant hornet, Vespa mandarinia, has not been found in any US state other than Washington (May 2020). Below are two infographics which review: 1) the insects’ biology and 2) common look-a-likes. If you have any questions you can reach out to me at (229)-417-7062. Thanks. Best Wishes, Joshua Grant AsianGiantHornetFactsheet AsianGiantHornetLookalikes

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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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