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September 13, 2017 Written by Lenny Wells– Hurricane/Tropical Storm Irma has become the most damaging wind event ever seen by the Georgia pecan industry. Roaring through Georgia on Monday with sustained winds of 20-40 mph and gusts reaching from 50-75 mph, Irma brought damage to virtually every pecan orchard in the state, significantly weakening what was…
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Update: We have a called a meeting to address the urgent whitefly situation in cotton: Cotton Whitefly Meeting Friday, August 18th, 2017 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Speaker: Mark Freeman, UGA Cotton Agronomist Herschel Durrence’s Shop 562 Harmony Church Road Glennville, GA 30427 We will discuss: Whitefly life cycle…
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Save the date! Please save Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 12:00 noon on your calendars for the 2017 Vidalia Onion Production Meeting. This will be our annual onion update with a sponsored lunch. Agenda: New Center Rot Management discoveries Fungicide Rotations and what works best Onion Flavor Analysis from local packing sheds Multi-year data for…
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We are getting calls about pecans falling on the ground. This is something we see every year, and there’s not much you can do about it. Some varieties are more prone to it than others. We’ve had several calls about Sumners dropping nuts this year. Check out Lenny Wells post below about pecans falling. If…
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The UGA Vidalia Onion and Vegetable Research Center is hosting a “Tomato Field Day” next week. Please see the flyer below for details.
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