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  • Every Tues, 6-8p, Jan 10-Feb 28th 2023 in Albany – please see flyer below for more info and course details. Online registration at: https://t.uga.edu/8AT, and/or call (229) 436-7216.

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  • Below slides cover yield, %TSWV, leafspot, %TSMK, %sound splits, and %hulls for varieties in both conventional tillage versus strip till and single versus double row. Net yield slides have been extracted as images below too.

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  • Below you will find the preliminary results for the 2022 UGA Cotton On-Farm Variety Evaluation Program, with notes at the bottom of the first page. This is a living document and will continue to be updated as there are still two trials to harvest, so as updates are made they’ll reflect on the UGA Cotton Team…

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  • 2023 Corn Short Course

    The 2023 Corn Short Course will be held January 17, 2023 at the Tifton Campus Conference Center. Registration information can be found at 2023 Corn Short Course – Event – Calendar | Tifton Campus Conference Center (uga.edu) Flyer and agenda below. A special session on the opportunities and challenges of the carbon credit markets featuring two presenters…

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  • This meeting (Thu Dec 15) is for anyone who is applying pesticides privately or commercially. The meeting will cover what inspectors look for during inspections and what applicators’ requirements are as related to pesticide law. There will be 1 CEU of pesticide credit given in any license category for no cost. Thank you to Helena…

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  • Hurricane Ian Update

    Take home on peanuts and cotton: On peanuts, Dr. Scott Monfort:  “Only dig the risky fields from disease, poor stem strength etc, over mature with nuts coming loose in hull. If vines are healthy leave them in the ground until the storm passes.” On cotton, Dr. Camp Hand:  “If your crop has been defoliated in…

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  • Row Crop Disease Pictures

    Peanuts: Late leaf spot and peanut rust in concert together. Probably too late to do anything in this field, other than to decide if the severity of disease affects digging date. Brick red-orange fruiting structures (perithecia) at the soil line on pegs and stems and crown- Cylindrocladium black rot on peanut. Can’t do anything to…

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  • Cotton & Peanut Update

    Blasted many O6G and some 12Y so far, most look on-time (i.e.- 135-150 days for O6 and 145-160 for 12Y). Please let me know if you want peanuts blasted to check maturity. Cotton Defoliation, Dr. Camp Hand: “With all of the regrowth we have it will be important to back off of Folex and PPO…

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  • This training will be conducted at the Georgia Federal-State Inspection Service location, Albany, GA on November 10th and an early registration cost discount is available until October 27th. Commercial pesticide credit hours for numerous categories will include: 24 (Ornamental & Turf – 5 hours), 23 (Forestry – 2 hours), 27 (Right of way – 2 hours),…

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