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39th Annual Sunbelt Ag Expo will be held in Moultrie, GA next week (October 18th-20th) at Spence Field. Tuesday and Wednesday show hours are 8:30 am to 5:00 pm and Thursday 8:30 am to 4:00 pm. Admission is $10 per person / per day. Children 10 and under are free with a parent. Multi-day admission…
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This fall farmers have been experiencing higher than normal populations of whiteflies. Because of the high populations, it is important to scout your crops for diseases that are transmitted by this insect. Below are some insecticide options from our extension vegetable entomologist, Dr. Sparks. Soil insecticides: I would hope for 2 to 3 weeks of…
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There will be a Satsuma Grower’s Fall Update at Lowndes County Extension Office on October 5, 2016 from 11:30 to 3:00. The meeting with cover information on testing fruit quality, an update on HLB and the GA Citrus Association. Registration is $15 and will cover lunch. Please RSVP by October 3rd by calling the office…
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Come and learn the basics like irrigation components, watering principles, proper scheduling and common repairs at the Lowndes County Extension Office on October 4 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Registration cost is $20 a person and includes a meal. Category 24 Pesticide Credits and IA Association Credits will be available. Space is limited and deadline to…
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In the county, numerous research trials are being conducted. Some of the crops that we have worked with are satsuma, pepper, sweet potato and tobacco. I am currently working on a specialty pepper trial looking at bacterial spot control options. Recently we harvested a sweet potato trial that Fort Valley Agent, Josh Dawson, is working on for his…
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There will be a pesticide waste collection day held at the Cordele State Farmers Market at 1901 State Rt. 41 N on September 30th from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. You must pre-register for the waste to be collected. If interested, fill out and turn in the form as soon as possible. They are only…
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The Extension Office will be closed Friday(9/2/16) because of the weather and Monday(9/5/16) for Labor Day but will reopen Tuesday(9/6/16).
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I attended a Peanut Maturity Clinic yesterday in Tifton. Our peanut agronomist stressed that checking fields this year will be important. Some fields, especially dryland, are running early while others are on time or running late. We had our first sample come into the office Wednesday. The peanuts are around 120 days old and they…
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Before we know it, it will be time to defoliate cotton. I attended a defoliation meeting Wednesday where Jared Whitaker, UGA cotton agronomist, spoke about different methods and chemicals used for defoliation. Some methods to determine when to defoliate include looking to see if 60 to 70% of bolls are open(we tend to wait for…
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A citizen mentioned to us about how she was having a bad snail problem in her subdivision and how it was only the houses bordering a soybean field. So we went and visited the field and there were snails on the plants. On one leaf we found 3 snails. They were inside the canopy and…
Posted in: Peanut