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By Jake Price The desire for fresh homegrown tomatoes is probably the main reason homeowners have gardens. Most plants are planted in late March and April, or when they are available at the garden centers. Each spring, many homeowners run into problems with their plants. Two newer, good tasting, disease resistant varieties are currently being…
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Published on 03/08/19 Don’t skip soil testing this spring By Jason Lessl for CAES News This spring, gardeners planning vegetable gardens — or even a major renovation of your ornamental beds — should take the opportunity to test their soil before they put plants in the ground. One of the most fundamental, but often overlooked, aspects to any…
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UGA CAES, Extension partner with SBDC to host Farm Business Education Conference By Clint Thompson for CAES News The University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and UGA Cooperative Extension are partnering with the UGA Small Business Development Center to host a Farm Business Education Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference…
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By Eric Prostko: In September 2017, after doing some preliminary screening (Figure 1), we collected yellow nutsedge tubers from a peanut field that were a strong suspect for resistance to Cadre (imazapic). We sent the tubers to BASF for further greenhouse testing and just got back the results. Unfortunately, it looks like this population of…
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1) A pesticide license is required to purchase or apply these products. 2) All applicators must be trained through UGA’s Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW). 3) Can only apply through 60 days after planting cotton or 45 days after planting soybeans. 4) Can only make up to 2 POST applications in cotton and soybeans. 5) Can…
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Vegetable Meeting 9:30 am 4-H Center Lake Park January 17, 2019 Dr. Stanley Culpepper Dr. Bhabesh Dutta Dr. Andre Silva Dr. Stormy Sparks Forage Meeting 6:30 pm 4-H Center Lake Park January 17, 2019 Lisa Baxter, UGA Robby Bondurant, Westway Feed Peanut Meeting 12:00 noon Lowndes Extension Office-Valdosta January 24, 2019 Dr. Mark Abney Dr…
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Published on 12/07/18 UGA CAES set to host annual Ag Forecast meetings By Clint Thompson Sam Pardue, dean of the University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES), will serve as the keynote speaker at the upcoming Georgia Ag Forecast seminar series set for Jan. 22 through Feb. 1. The annual meetings allow…
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Doug Collins, Lee County Extension Coordinator It’s that time of year again. People are putting up Christmas trees. Whether yours stays fresh until after Christmas, or turns into a needle-shedding fire hazard is up to you. A cut Christmas tree is a living thing, or at least it was when it was cut. As such,…
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Published on 10/31/18 UGA economists estimate up to $600 million in cotton damage from Hurricane Michael By Clint Thompson for CAES News University of Georgia agricultural economists believe that Georgia cotton farmers in the path of Hurricane Michael have only begun to feel the impact of the storm that took 90 or 100 percent of many area growers’…
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Published on 10/09/18 UGA Extension advises harvest decisions amidst looming hurricane By Laurel L Dunn, Andre Luiz Biscaia Ribeiro da Silva for CAES News Hurricanes, tropical storms and severe rainfall events are commonly seen among states in the Southeast U.S. These natural events most often occur during summer or early fall and may cause severe…