Jake Price, UGA Citrus agent has some tips to help protect citrus from the cold over the next few days. The upcoming freeze events will be one of the biggest challenges faced so far by Georgia and northern Florida citrus growers. In past years we have experienced one or two…
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Here is an article by Andrew Sawyer Southeast Georgia Area Pecan Agent discussing different pre-emergent herbicides and price comparisons.
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Here is an article from Dr. Lenny Wells describing shuck split on Stuart. I’ve had a lot of calls over the last 3 weeks about Stuarts lagging behind and not opening. However, I don’t think they are actually behind as much as it seems they are. Stuart always has an…
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Luckily, Tattnall County didn’t get impacted much from Ian, however, we did need some rain that never came. Here is an article by Dr. Lenny Wells discussing late season irrigation needs on pecan trees. We were fortunate to dodge a bullet in the form of Hurricane Ian. Before the storm…
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I have recently had some calls about boll shed on cotton that has began cutting out. Here is a good article from the August edition of The UGA Cotton newsletter discussing aspects of why this can happen. In the last newsletter, I discussed the effects of environmental stress on physiologicalprocesses…
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Here is an article by Dr. Simerjeet Virk UGA Extension Precision Ag Specialist speaking about drone use in agriculture. Until now, drones have been primarily used for crop monitoring – especially scouting – in agriculture. However, with recent advancements in aerial application technology and the weather challenges limiting timely pesticide…
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Here is an article by Lenny Wells giving some pointers for pecans going into the late season. As we enter August shell hardening is upon us for Pawnee and other varieties are only a few days to weeks behind. This means that for Pawnee we are shifting from nut sizing…
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