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The June 2023 UGA Cotton Team Newsletter is now available. Additional cotton production information can be found on the Georgia Cotton News website.
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We are at the point in the growing season where a lot of Georgia peanut fields are 25 to 35 days after planting. Though thrips pressure has not been particularly high in 2023, it doesn’t take many adults per plant to produce a damaging population of immatures on peanuts. Thrips injury typically peaks around 28…
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Water is a valuable resource. Georgia growers are blessed to have an abundant supply of water, whether groundwater or ponds. The old adage is true. Use the water you have on your farm wisely. To help you use water wisely, I encourage you to review the Irrigation Reference Guide for Corn, Cotton, Peanuts, and Soybeans.…
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Southern corn rust was confirmed Friday afternoon, June 9, 2023, on R5 corn in Calhoun County, Florida, which is south of Marianna, Florida Comments from Bob Kemerait, Extension Pathologist. Warmer and humid conditions will be favorable for spread. As of now, corn at or beyond tassel in extreme Southwest Georgia is most at risk. That…
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According to Pam Knox, Director of the UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist, the forecast for this week is for less than half an inch for most of the region, and none at all for parts of North and South Carolina and Virginia. The only exception is the far southeastern part of Florida, which will…
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture is offering one final opportunity to attend a Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) classroom training for 2023. The training will be held on Thursday, June 8, 2023, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center. The training will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at 3:00 p.m. Bring your pesticide license. Two…
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The 2023 Corn Production Guide is now available. Printed copies will be available soon at the Extension office. The guide can also be found at the UGA Extension Grain Crops Team website.
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The Georgia Department of Agriculture will be having a Georgia Pesticide Clean Day in Coffee County on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at the Tri-County Cotton Gin. The purpose of this event is to allow individuals, commercial pesticide applicators, private applicators, commercial contractors, and the pest control industry to properly and safely to dispose of canceled,…
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On Monday March 13, beginning at 1:30 p.m., a Using Pesticide Wisely (UPW) training will be held at the Dubose Porter Center located on the Oconee Fall Line Technical College campus. There are only 120 spaces available for the training. To register, email the Extension office at uge3175@uga.edu or call 478-272-2277. If you plan to…
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This morning we received news that the B3TXF (Bollgard 3, Thryvon, Xtendflex) trait package received its final key export approval, meaning that Thryvon will be fully commercialized in the U.S. this year and the “stewarded” status on this technology has been lifted. I have attached the Bayer news release to this blog post. If you…
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