{"id":1717,"date":"2026-06-23T17:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:05:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T21:05:48","slug":"scouting-information-and-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/2026\/06\/scouting-information-and-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Scouting Information and Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This was shared with all County Agents a few weeks ago and it is full of great material. I thought posting it here would be a good reference to go back to for growers. As always reach out to your local County Extension Agent if you have further questions or need a field visit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peanut Scout Handbook<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/peanuts.caes.uga.edu\/content\/dam\/caes-subsite\/peanuts\/docs\/peanut-scout-handbook.pdf\">https:\/\/peanuts.caes.uga.edu\/content\/dam\/caes-subsite\/peanuts\/docs\/peanut-scout-handbook.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Peanut Pest Management Guide<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2025\/03\/Laminated-Peanut-guide-2025.pdf\">https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2025\/03\/Laminated-Peanut-guide-2025.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The links below include cotton publications and information for review and monitoring of cotton growth stages and visual references for cotton pests and beneficial insects,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, it will be helpful to bookmark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ugacotton.com\/\">http:\/\/www.ugacotton.com\/<\/a>&nbsp;for quick reference and register for <strong>Pest Patrol \u2013 Insect Hotline<\/strong>&nbsp;for regular cotton insect updates. You may register by texting \u201cpestpat10\u201d to 97063. Reply to confirmation text with \u201cY\u201d to complete registration or you may sign up online at syngentaus.com\/PestPatrol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Common Predators &amp; Pests in GA Cotton<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.caes.uga.edu\/extension\/publications\/files\/pdf\/C%201161_8.PDF\">https:\/\/secure.caes.uga.edu\/extension\/publications\/files\/pdf\/C%201161_8.PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cotton Insect Identification Guide<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu\/museumpersonnel.\/Joes.published.drawings\/CottonPests.pdf\">https:\/\/mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu\/museumpersonnel.\/Joes.published.drawings\/CottonPests.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Beneficial Insects in Cotton<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/crop-production\/beneficial-insects-in-cotton-predators\/\">https:\/\/www.aces.edu\/blog\/topics\/crop-production\/beneficial-insects-in-cotton-predators\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cotton Growth and Development &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ugacotton.com\/vault\/file\/UGA-Ext.-Pub.-Cotton-Growth-Development-2004.pdf\">http:\/\/www.ugacotton.com\/vault\/file\/UGA-Ext.-Pub.-Cotton-Growth-Development-2004.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The First 40 Days \u2013 Fruiting to Finish &#8211; <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cotton.org\/tech\/ace\/upload\/BMP_Doc.pdf\">https:\/\/www.cotton.org\/tech\/ace\/upload\/BMP_Doc.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cotton Growth Monitoring &amp; PGR Management<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.caes.uga.edu\/extension\/publications\/files\/pdf\/C%201244_1.PDF\">https:\/\/secure.caes.uga.edu\/extension\/publications\/files\/pdf\/C%201244_1.PDF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>**Soybean &amp; Corn Reference Material <\/strong>\u2013 Please refer to links below for visual guides for soybean, corn growth stages, and soybean insect guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insect Management<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/extadmin.ifas.ufl.edu\/nwdistrictmedia\/phag\/2013\/08\/2013-UGA-Soybean-Insect-Control-Guide.pdf\">2013-UGA-Soybean-Insect-Control-Guide.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visual Guide for Soybean Growth Stages<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-land-grant-press wp-block-embed-land-grant-press\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"w8C6ZAuVeA\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lgpress.clemson.edu\/publication\/visual-guide-to-soybean-growth-stages\/\">Visual Guide to Soybean Growth Stages<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Visual Guide to Soybean Growth Stages&#8221; &#8212; Land-Grant Press\" src=\"https:\/\/lgpress.clemson.edu\/publication\/visual-guide-to-soybean-growth-stages\/embed\/#?secret=G309KsJAKP#?secret=w8C6ZAuVeA\" data-secret=\"w8C6ZAuVeA\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visual Guide for Corn Growth Stages&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-land-grant-press wp-block-embed-land-grant-press\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1qEu8uJzpv\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lgpress.clemson.edu\/publication\/visual-guide-to-corn-growth-stages\/\">Visual Guide to Corn Growth Stages<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Visual Guide to Corn Growth Stages&#8221; &#8212; Land-Grant Press\" src=\"https:\/\/lgpress.clemson.edu\/publication\/visual-guide-to-corn-growth-stages\/embed\/#?secret=SqqbiVv1b0#?secret=1qEu8uJzpv\" data-secret=\"1qEu8uJzpv\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-cards.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Cotton Scout cards.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-575dc9cc-b9cf-4843-8937-ccf216b46d09\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-cards.pdf\">Cotton Scout cards<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-cards.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-575dc9cc-b9cf-4843-8937-ccf216b46d09\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-reporting-form.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Cotton Scout reporting form.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-da08b865-6891-4a44-afbb-7f58566284c7\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-reporting-form.pdf\">Cotton Scout reporting form<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/Cotton-Scout-reporting-form.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-da08b865-6891-4a44-afbb-7f58566284c7\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/peanut-scout-form.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of peanut scout form.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-f9dc4a5b-66fe-49e1-acd5-d07bc47c96b2\" href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/peanut-scout-form.pdf\">peanut scout form<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/files\/2026\/06\/peanut-scout-form.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-f9dc4a5b-66fe-49e1-acd5-d07bc47c96b2\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was shared with all County Agents a few weeks ago and it is full of great material. I thought posting it here would be a good reference to go back to for growers. As always reach out to your local County Extension Agent if you have further questions or need a field visit. Peanut [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":153,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1721,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1717\/revisions\/1721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/plowpoints\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}