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Greetings!! Confirmed with Justin Shealey yesterday soybean rust on edamame in Echols Co. Soybean farmers across south GA are encouraged to apply a fungicide at R3 growth stage. White mold is moving…. It is not sleeping now….. punish it. He who waits is lost. This is showing up…. White mold active with perfect weather now…
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Photos of plots taken July 22 A few comments: 1) UGA’s recommended weed control program [a) starting clean, b) planting in twin rows, c) using multiple residuals at planting that get activated by irrigation and/or rainfall, and d) making timely (34 DAP) POST applications] looks very good as usual. This location has received 14.12″ of…
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by: Dr. Kemerait Corn at tassel and beyond in extreme southern Georgia from Seminole Co to Clinch Co to Wayne Co but not yet yet north of Mitchell-Colquitt- Cook Counties is at high risk for southern rust and I would advise a fungicide application UNLESS you are thoroughly scouting and can’t find rust. I am…
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“Georgia” Storm for Peanut/Soybean Tank-Mixes (Prostko) 1) Since the agent training in Tifton on June 6, I have had numerous questions about the “Georgia” Storm that I talked about in peanuts. The commercial formulation of Storm 4SL from UPL is a pre-mixture (i.e. 1 jug) of acifluorfen (1.33 lbs ai/gal) + bentazon (2.67 lbs ai/gal). …
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And there we go again in Georgia. “Feast or Famine”. Too much rain or we can’t buy a rain. Cool and wet soils to hot and dry soils. Feast or famine. Environment plays a key role in the treat of diseases to our row crops. For example, in my now 25 field seasons in Georgia…
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http://www.ugacotton.com/vault/file/May-2024-Cotton-Team-Newsletter.pdf
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I’m grateful that at least some growers along the Coastal Plain of Georgia received rain this past weekend, a “million dollar rain” according to my friend and colleague Dr Camp Hand. I hope so; I do know for peanut growers the rain will help to reduce the risk to Aspergillus crown rot. This disease, favored…
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As I always do, for anything that related to weather, climate, and agriculture in Georgia, I reached out to cracker-jack UGA specialist Pam Knox yesterday. According to Pam, awe are looking at at least another inch, likely more, rain in Tifton late Wednesday and early Thursday. Rainfall and cool soils increase risk to stand loss…
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Roundup (glyphosate) + Liberty (glufosinate) for Weed Control in Field Corn (Prostko) Over the weekend, I fielded a few questions about the potential use of a Roundup + Liberty tank-mixture for weed control in field corn. A few years ago, I was not really a huge fan of this tank-mix because I was worried about…