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Madison Warbington

Madison Warbington

County Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent in Macon County. B.S.A. Animal Science, UGA. Master of Animal and Dairy Science, UGA.

  • 06/02/21: Row Crop Disease Update

    Madison Warbington

    Greetings! Please read below for several updates from Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA’s Extension Plant Pathologist, regarding the status of row crop diseases in our area:

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  • April Weed and Precision Ag Updates:

    Madison Warbington

    Please see below for a row crop weed update from our Extension Weed Specialist, Dr. Eric Prostko:

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  • April Row Crop Disease Update

    Madison Warbington

    Please read below for the April row crop disease updates from Dr. Glen Harris and Dr. Bob Kemerait:

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  • UPW Weed Update

    Madison Warbington

    Please see the below update from UGA’s weed specialist, Dr. Prostko: Using Pesticides Wisely 2021 and Paraquat Training Update (Stanley Culpepper – UGA and Jesse Kelly and Jennifer Wren – GDA). Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) 2021 virtual trainings are nearly completed with only three more opportunities available (table below). This training must be completed to…

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  • Peanut In Furrow Fertilizers

    Madison Warbington

    Using in furrow fertilizer causes reduced stand in peanuts.

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  • September Soybean Pests

    Madison Warbington

    In the last few weeks, I have received several calls about mid to late season soybean pests. The main questions I have been getting are, “There is a lot of defoliation damage, have I reached threshold? What do you recommend I spray?” First, we need identify what pests are present.

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  • August 2020 Ag News Update

    Madison Warbington

    Peanut rust (Puccinia arachidis) is being found in fields across our state and area. This is different from early or late leafspot. Many growers have 2 or more fungicide applications to go until harvest.  They must remain vigilant.  Where rust is an imminent threat, shortening spray intervals, example from 14 down to 10 days, can…

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  • 07/16 Row Crop Disease Update

    Madison Warbington

    Good morning, please read below for a current update on row crop diseases from our disease specialist, Dr. Robert Kemerait: Southern corn rust was found yesterday in Terrell, Houston, and Bleckley Counties – it looked like it had been there a little while.  The picture below is of an infected stalk from Terrell County.  The…

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  • Disease Update

    Madison Warbington

    I hope everyone had a great holiday weekend. It was nice to finally get some rain to our crops over the past week and a half. With rain and the time of season comes the increased risk of development and spread of diseases in our row crops. I encourage our growers to be vigilant and…

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  • We are back in the office!

    Madison Warbington

    Greetings! I hope everyone is doing well and things are starting to get back to normal.

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