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Aubrey Shirley

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  • Rainfast Periods for Corn Fungicides

    Aubrey Shirley

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  • How Long Should Your Fungicide Be On Before the Rain?

    Aubrey Shirley

    Here is a good article from Dr. Lenny Wells about rainfastness on pecan trees in regard to fungicides. Much of the following is a post from 2017 but timely for our situation at the moment: Pecan scab is enjoying ideal weather in much of Georgia at this time. This has kept most growers busy trying…

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  • UGA 2025 Crop Comparison Tool

    Aubrey Shirley

    The updated crop comparison tool is available and can be found here. This tool was updated by Amanda Smith, Dr. Yangxuan Liu, and Guy Hancock. These budgets are estimates of future costs given current market conditions.

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  • 2025 Peanut Production Meeting

    Aubrey Shirley

    Aubrey Shirley, Tattnall County Extension Agent                 The 2025 Tattnall County production season will be starting soon. Our first scheduled meeting is the peanut meeting on January 24th, 2025 beginning at 8AM. Breakfast will be served and private and commercial pesticide credits will be available. Speakers will include Dr. Scott Tubbs, UGA Professor and peanut…

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  • The coming cold weather-what we can say so far

    Aubrey Shirley

    Here is a blog post by Mrs. Pam Knox discussing some colder temperatures foretasted for our area. Over the last few days I have received several questions about media reports of much colder weather that is expected to move into the Southeast over the next couple of weeks. In many cases this has been tied…

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  • Weathered but Strong

    Aubrey Shirley

    Disaster relief for farmers with a GATE card. This form is for eligible farmers with a current GATE card from the Georgia Department of Agriculture to apply for disaster relief. For additional resources, visit supportgeorgiafarmers.org. Important: This form cannot be saved and resumed later, so please be ready to complete and submit it in one session.…

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  • Invasive Spotted Lantern Fly in GA

    Aubrey Shirley

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Thursday, November 14, 2024Office of Communications404-656-3689Invasive Spotted Lanternfly Detected in Georgia  ATLANTA, GA — Today, the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) has received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) that the first detection of Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula or SLF), an invasive planthopper that poses a serious risk to the…

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