Cotton
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Protecting your young cotton or peanuts should start before you close the furrow with the planter, but don’t get carried away with putting too many things in the furrow at one time. Dr. Scott Monfort did several tests last year with in furrow fertilizers and oberserved salts injuries plus a reduction in stands for peanuts.…
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The Using Pesticides Wisely Auxin Training schedule has been finalized. Growers will have 10 opportunities to complete the training. The trainings will be delivered in virtual format this year. Please use the link below to register for the session you would like to attend. If any of you need help getting registered or with technology…
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Registration for the virtual cotton meetings is now open. Click on the link below and then choose the date that you would like to attend. After registration is complete you will receive a zoom link to attend the meeting. If you want to receive pesticide credits please have your pesticide number ready while you are…
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The meetings for the 2021 crop year are going to look a little different than the one in the picture, but we have high hopes that we will be able to get back to our face to face meetings soon. Due to the ongoing pandemic caused by Covid-19, the row crop production meetings will be…
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What is national farmer’s day? National Farmer’s Day takes place on October 12th, and it offers much-deserved praise to the hard-working farmers across the nation. In the midst of harvest-season, the day pays tribute to the men, women, and families who put food in the grocery stores and on our tables every day. Thank a…
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The United States Department of Agriculture is now taking applications for support payments through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program Phase 2 (CFAP 2). Applications can be filed online or in person at your local Farm Service Agency office starting on September the 21, 2020 and the deadline is December 11, 2020. Farmers.gov Main Overview Page…
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Cotton bolls are opening up so it is time to start making defoliation decisions. I have seen a few fields that have already been sprayed and a lot of cotton that is ready to spray. When making defoliation decisions there are 3 methods we use together to help us know when it is ready for…
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Cotton The frequent rains and foggy mornings we have had in the past few weeks have created the perfect conditions for boll rot in cotton fields. There are four kinds of boll rot that have been confirmed in Georgia this season. The four rots are diplodia, colletotrichum, bacterial, and phytopthra. I have seen mostly colletotrichum…
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I have noticed in the past few weeks that stemphylium leaf spot is showing up in lots of the cotton fields around Evans County. Stemphylium leaf spot is a fungal pathogen caused by a deficiency in potassium that can be brought on by low fertility, drought, or a heavy boll load. Stemphylium usually starts as…
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The annual Midville Field Day will be held virtually this year due to COVID-19. The field day will begin at 9:30 a.m. via zoom on Wednesday August 12, 2020. You can receive two hours of pesticide CEU credits by attending the virtual field day. Attendees must pre-register before 9:30 am on the morning of the…