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With college football kicking off this weekend, I have a little history on the hedges at Sanford Stadium By Doug Collins, Lee County Extension Coordinator Among the privets, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense) is the outlaw of the family. Brought into the United States just shy of a decade before the start of the American Civil…
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Dr. Bob Kemerait gives a row crop disease update Soybeans: Asian soybean rust is still lightly scattered from Decatur County to Appling County, but has only been found so far in KUDZU. Soybean rust is certainly not a major problem at the moment; however it could become so. Management options are to protect the crop…
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It’s that time of the year for exhibitors to get their hogs for the Lowndes Area Market Hog Show. Entry deadline for the show is September 14th. The show will be held November 5th and 6th at 6:00 PM with the sale being November 7th at 7 PM. A change this year is showmanship will be…
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Cotton & Peanut Folks, On Wednesday September 5th 2018 in Tifton, GA the UGA Cotton and Peanut Teams will be hosting 2018’s UGA Cotton & Peanut Research Field Day. This annual event provides an excellent opportunity for anyone who is interested in learning more about our two most widely planted row crops here in…
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A couple of things you might find of interest: 1) A local crop consultant recently sent me this picture of prostrate globe amaranth (Gomphrena celosioides). I have never seen this plant before and for the record, Dr. Mark “The Czar” Czarnota (UGA-Griffin Campus) identified it for me. It is a member of the Amaranthaceae (pigweed)…
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Dr. Lawton Stewart gives recommendations on feeding distillers grain. Across most of Georgia, most producers have experiencing ample rain and plenty of forage, therefore, winter supplementation is far from their thoughts. However, now is a great time to start planning ahead. Typically, three large factors taken into consideration when selecting a supplement are convenience, cost,…
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Harvest early (or at least “on-time”) – The longer corn sits in the field in our hot, humid environment with the ever-present chance of rain in the forecast, the worse these molds will get. Encourage growers to harvest as soon as corn is ready to minimize this risk. Set fans high – smaller kernels near…
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Cotton Management Considerations for the Remainder of 2018 (Mark Freeman) The 2018 Georgia cotton crop is extremely variable in maturity. Much of the state has had cotton blooming and setting fruit for weeks where as other parts of the state still has a large portion of the crop yet to bloom. There is no…
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Getting plenty of calls about perceived reductions in grass control after applications of ACC-ase inhibiting herbicides, such as Select (clethodim) or Poast (sethoxydim), have been applied. Some folks first reaction to this “lack” of control is that we suddenly have widespread ACC-ase resistance. When its comes to the issue of resistance, I will never say…
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Dr. Bob Kemerait gives row crop disease update: DISEASES of PEANUT: White mold and leaf spot aren’t breaking lose in every peanut field in Georgia, BUT hot temperatures, high humidity and frequent rains have created near-perfect conditions for the development, spread and, sometimes, explosion of these diseases. Growers need to stay on a good fungicide…