Peanuts
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The Candler-Evans County Production Meetings for 2024 are right around the corner. We will have several opurtunites to attend meetings this year. These meetings will provide oppurtunities for obtaining pesticide CEU credits as well as the most up to date information on production practices. There will also be research data presented to the participants from…
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The Evans County Peanut Growth Regulator Plot was plant at Bell Farms in Evans County. Two varieties were planted and one treatment was sprayed with a growth regualtor and one was left as an untreated check. The two varieties were GA 06-G and GA 12-Y. The growth regulator did not seem not have much effect…
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The Candler-Evans peanut production meeting is coming up this Friday January 27, 2023 at the Metter Recreation Department. The meeting will start at 8 am so come join us for breakfast and then we will have presentations from our specialist afterwards. Please RSVP so that we can make sure we have plenty of food for…
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The new UGA Peanut Production Guide is now available online. This new production guide is the in depth version similar to the old style books that we have for cotton and corn. I also have laminated copies of the 2022 peanut quick reference guides if anyone would like one of those. Please see the links…
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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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Registration for the virtual peanut 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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It is almost harvest time for peanuts in Southeast Georgia. When checking peanuts for maturity we use a method called peanut blasting. This method uses a pressure washer with a rotating tip to “blast” the outer layer of the peanut shell off the nuts to reveal different colors to indicate maturity. The blasted peanuts are…