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Sep 26, 2018 | Written by asparks We are currently detecting a variety of whitefly-vectored…
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Posted on September 18, 2018 by Yanxuan Liu Download the PDF version of this newsletter. In 2018, Georgia’s farmers planted 1.43 million acres of cotton, up 150,000 acres from 2017. The average cotton yield is forecast at 946 pounds per acre. Production is forecast at 2.8 million bales, which would be the second highest on record. There are…
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By Beverly Adams for CAES News Temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling, and home gardeners are beginning to plan their fall vegetables. If you’re new to food gardening, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension offers tips that should lead to a successful fall harvest. Establish the garden in a location that receives full sunlight, from six to eight hours…
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By Beverly Adams for CAES News Just the other day I received an email from a Forsyth County resident about a cucumber plant that was in decline. He wanted to know what to do to get it back to “normal.” My response was, “There is nothing to do. It’s the end of the season for that cucumber plant,…
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Whitefly pressure a concern for cotton growers with late planted crop By Clint Thompson Georgia cotton farmers who planted their crop late this year need to be mindful of potential whitefly pressure, according to Phillip Roberts, University of Georgia Cooperative Extension entomologist. Because whiteflies prefer green, lush cotton over cotton that is near maturity, most…
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The Tift County Cattlemen’s Association would like to invite you to our “Cattle Clinic” on Saturday September 22nd at the Alapaha Beef Unit. This a free clinic with breakfast and lunch provided. Topics to be covered are Winter Supplements, Crossbreeding & Bull Selection, BQA & Weaning, Winter Grazing, and GCA Update. If you have any…
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Cotton Defoliation Considerations for 2018 (Freeman and Whitaker) Most of our early planted cotton is quickly approaching (and has approached in some areas) time for defoliation. Cotton defoliation tends to be one of the most important aspects of cotton production each year. Timing and product selection are two of the more critical components regarding defoliation…
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By Lenny Wells UGA Pecan Specialist. If nothing else, 2018 has been a wet year. As far as nut scab is concerned, the frequency of rainfall really starts to matter in June and its importance continues on through the rest of the season until shell hardening occurs (or shortly after shell hardening if you grow…
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UGA Extension Forage Scientist Dr. Dennis Hancock is encouraging cattlemen and producers to sample their hay and baleage to assess the nutritive value of it. This is a little from Dr. Hancock: Earlier this afternoon, I asked Dr. Saha at the Feed and Environmental Water Lab to summarize the samples received from this growing season…
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It won’t be long before peanut harvesting will begin. Our office will be providing peanut hull scraping for any peanut grower. When picking samples, take 5 or 6 adjacent plants from two or three spots in the field. If the field changes soil types or has some dry land spots, then separate samples should be…
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