Guest Author: Dr. Lisa Baxter
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The pasture mealybug (Heliococcus summervillei; Figure 1) was first officially reported in Texas in 2025. The adults are less than 1/4 inch long, white, and oval. They are covered in a waxy coating and will have fine hairs across their body. They primarily impact annual and perennial warm season grass species. The damage consists of…
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Dr. Lisa Baxter, UGA State Forage Extension Specialist Overview of situation: Wildfires are currently raging on over 50,000 acres in southeast Georgia (estimate on April 27th, 2026). While prescribed burns can be a useful forage management practice, these unexpected wildfires pose unknown consequences. The intensity and speed of the burn cannot be controlled in these…
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