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Contents: 2022 Pecan Crop Hedging and Water Controlling Bermudagrass Anthracnose Tips on Finishing Crop
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Tonight Mr. Jesse Kelly, CCHS Young Farmer Advisor, will host a YF meeting with Dr. Camp Hand to present on cotton defoliation as the UGA Cotton Agronomist. Please attend for food, fellowship, and info. – 7p @ CCHS Lunchroom. Flyer below for more info. Also, below that – please see 2 page summary on cotton…
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Articles in this month’s issue include: High Abandonment Acres for U.S. Cotton Projected Due to Drought (Yangxuan Liu) Importance of End of Season Irrigation Termination and Disease Control in Cotton (BobKemerait, Wesley Porter, David Hall, Jason Mallard) Weather and Climate outlook for September 2022 and Beyond (Pam Knox) Late Season Management Considerations for Diseases and…
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Contents (various authors): Water Requirements vs Water Supplied End of Season Irrigation Weather and Climate Outlook Digger-Shaker-Inverter Setup Late Season Disease Control Excerpts from articles: Water Requirement vs Water Supplied (a different perspective)R. Scott Tubbs & Wesley M. Porter, UGA Oh, the difference a few days can make! It is important to assess how the…
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Longleaf workshop in Statesboro – Oct 11-12: Tifton Bull Test Entry Deadline – September 1st: UGA Site: https://beef.caes.uga.edu/programs/live-animal-programs/georgia-bull-evaluation-centers.html Cotton “Tiger Striping:” Cylindrocladium Black Rot (CBR) on Peanuts: Bob K: “Best management of CBR occurs using PROPULSE in-furrow at planting. The most important management strategy now later in the season is to avoid moving contaminated soil…
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Reusing article from last year: Historically I’ve started receiving samples to blast in late August and we’re already there. I’m ready to blast whenever you’re interested. Please give me a call (229-417-7062) once you’re ready to check your fields and I’ll blast samples. I can pull them or you can drop off hulls still on the…
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Small Grain Varieties Recommended for 2022 by UGA: Rome Ethredge: “Here’s the new list. Go to the UGA Variety testing website for yield and more info. https://swvt.uga.edu/“ Peanut Chemical Burn vs Leaf Spot: Bob K: “Superficially looks ‘leaf spotty’ but the lighter, buckskin centers to these spot show clearly this is a chemical burn and NOT…
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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 some damage from root knot…
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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 their safety to beneficials, control…
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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 two outstanding youth who are…
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