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  • Cotton Defoliation

    Defoliating cotton is an art. Each year presents different challenges. Once the field reaches 75% open bolls or 4 or less nodes above the upper cracked boll it is time to pull the trigger. Cotton Defoliants each have a different job. Most farmers have a general “recipe” that they use for defoliation. If you have…

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  • Hay and Forage Events

    Here are a few events coming up online and in person for hay and forage producers:

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  • Cotton Irrigation Termination

    Cotton Irrigation Termination Decisions David Hall, Extension Water Educator, Cale Cloud, Extension Water Agent, and Wesley Porter, Extension Precision Ag and Irrigation Specialist: As we approach the end of the growing season we are around 12 to 16 weeks after planting at the beginning of September based on a May 1 to June 1 planting.…

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  • This survey on Agriculture Stress has been sent by the Georgia Department of Agriculture. To participate scan the QR Code in this post or visit the link.If you have questions about it you can contact: Madison Cahill at Madison.Cahill@agr.georgia.gov, Coralis Rodriguez Morales at Coralis.Rodriguez-Morales@agr.georgia.gov, or Venessa Sims at Venessa.Sims@agr.georgia.gov.

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  • Here is the latest info on empty grain bin treatments and grain protectants. 

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  • Annual Midville Row Crop Field Day—Set for August 12th —Virtually Join from your computer. 

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  • Hot and dry weather can bring on a myriad of issues for peanut farmers. Right now we are seeing lesser cornstalk borer infestations and they are on the rise. Growers should be scouting for moths, silk tubes at the soil line and caterpillars in their peanut fields.

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  • Peanut seed saved from last year went through a lot of hot and dry weather. This can lead to a build up of pathogens in and on the seed. Good seed treatment and in-furrow fungicide applications can and do help, but sometimes that is not enough.

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  • UGA Cattle Specialist Offer Options for Cattle Producers: Current situation, producers are looking at ways to maintain economic livelihood.  One of the ways they can achieve this is through retaining ownership of the calves past weaning.  This can take on different meanings, depending on the length ownership, and the goal.

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