More Pics/Texts to/from Dr. Bob Kemerait’s phone: Note the large, circular sunken lesion at the top of the boll; note the new, dark green water-soaked lesion starting at the bottom of the boll. The bacteria that cause this disease are EASILY spread by rain and irrigation splash. Excellent example of…
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A local field of late May planted cotton I was in the other day was approaching threshold for silverleaf whiteflies (50% of sampled leaves, 5th below terminal, have 5 or more immatures). Now’s the time to start thinking about treatments in these almost/at threshold fields. Below flyer lists chemistries with…
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Last night’s (Aug 16th) Young Farmer meeting was well attended, with 64 individuals from the local Ag community present at CCHS for fellowship and to support the program…and a very delicious meal. Mr. Jesse Kelly overviewed upcoming YF and FFA events, goals for the upcoming year, handed out awards to…
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Mr. Jesse Kelly, Crisp Co Young Farmer Advisor, will host his first meeting tonight – 7p @ CCHS lunchroom. Meal provided and topic is “What is a Young Farmer Program;” if interested please RSVP to Jesse @ 229-305-3579 and come-on down. Also, next month’s meeting is already scheduled and will…
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Excerpts from the latest Peanut Pointers Newsletter (Various Authors): Weather & Climate Outlook – Pam Knox Disease Update – Bob Kemerait Runner-Type Average Maturity – Scott Monfort Insect Update – Mark Abney Spray Volume and Droplet Size Considerations – Simer Virk Irrigation Update – David Hall, Jason Mallard, and Wesley…
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Pictures/text, from/sent to Bob K’s phone: Picture of areolate mildew, note the sporulation on the leaves. Target spot on cotton is severe in some areas of the state and is resulting in severe defoliation. Current conditions perfect for it! Stemphylium leaf spot on cotton showing up now in many areas-…
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Most of y’all are not the target audience for these two (August exclusive) opportunities but please forward to anyone you might know who would benefit: Tick Webinar Symposium August 23rd and 24th from Noon – 3:45 p.m. EDT Register for the two-day webinar symposium for free! Join the National Cattlemen’s…
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Bob K: “With August come some of the most intense disease pressure soybean, peanut and cotton growers are likely to experience each year. The growth of the crops are at a point where leaf wetness periods are prolonged within the canopy after rains, irrigation, or morning dew, coupled with high…
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Just a quick reminder from Dr. Phillip Roberts for all of us to continue scouting for this pest as a second generation, meaning: more damaging caterpillars, is currently upon us: “We should expect another generation of corn earworm in the coming days depending on location. We have received reports of…
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Now till the end of August I’ll be recording TSWV hits in peanut fields while scouting. These numbers will be collected by counting the number of 1′ hits of TSWV in three 50′ sections of row, averaged out. Last year I saw fields with anywhere from 6-18.6% disease and 3-26%…
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