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Aubrey Shirley

  • Profitability of ‘Lakota’ pecan

    With the pecan prices down from their highs a few years ago, growers need to be looking for ways to cut production costs to increase profitability of their operations. Here is an article by Lenny Wells discussing a highly scab resistance pecan cultivar named Lakota. The top concern on growers’ minds right now is reducing…

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  • 2021 Production Meetings

    As everyone is aware this past year has been quite different from any before it. COVID-19 has affected many aspects of everyday life that people have taken for granted. Social gatherings, eating inside restaurants, and even shaking hands have taken a hiatus for now. I have faith that soon enough our country will get back…

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  • Water Stage Fruit Split

    Here is a blog posts from Lenny Wells discussing water stage fruit split in pecans.

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  • 2020 Tattnall County Peanut Variety Trial

    2020 Tattnall County Peanut Variety Trial  

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  • Dicamba Registration Clarification

    EPA Offers Clarity to Farmers in Light of Recent Court Vacatur of Dicamba Registrations 

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  • Leaf Rust on Bermudagrass

    I recently received some calls about dead leaves on bermudagrass. I figured that it was bermudagrasss stem maggot (BSM). However, after making a few farm visits I discovered something I had never seen before, leaf rust caused by the pathogen Puccinia cynodontis

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  • Pecan Management

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