Jeff Cook

  • Focus on White Mold

    Bob Kemerait, UGA Plant Pathologist, sends us nice updates on what diseases are occurring across the state in our Agronomic crops.  he also updates us on any other events going on in his life.  His recent email reminded me that we really need to stay on top of white mold.  Across this part of the…

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  • I Lied

    I said that the 18th of April was the last chance to get certified to purchase and use the new dicamba and 2,4-D technology for 2019, but it looks like the Georgia Department of Agriculture is giving you one last chance.

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  • Sunflowers

    No we don’t produce many sunflowers  for folks to snack on or for the oil, but we do feed a pile of doves annually with this crop.  Wild sunflowers are native to the North America, but commercialization of them took place in Russia.  Early native Americans used the seed to make flour and meal. By…

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  • Your Last, Last, Last Chance

    There have been 29 Using Pesticides Wisely Trainings conducted by UGA Cooperative Extension across the state beginning with the Cotton Commission Meeting at the end of January.  If you missed all of them you are in luck.  There is one more being offered tomorrow in Tifton at the UGA Tifton Conference center 1 p.m. This…

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  • Cotton Blue Disease

    Jared Whitaker shared this information about a new cotton disease. In the fall of 2018, Cotton Leafroll Dwarf Virus (CLRDV) was confirmed to infect cotton in 14 South Georgia counties.  This virus is vectored by aphids and associated with Blue Cotton Disease (CBD) which causes symptoms of including leaf curling, reddening and drooping of leaves,…

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  • Paraquat Applicators Certification

    If you didn’t never got a trophy, plaque or certificate growing up we are going to take care of you this growing season.

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  • Georgia Clean Day

    Georgia Clean Day to be held April 3rd in Midville.

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  • Farm Business Conference

    Farm Business Conference is a great opportunity for you to grow your agricultural enterprises!  Farm Business Conference Flyer

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  • Recertification for Producers

    In 2019 anyone applying the new auxin technologies in agronomic crops must attend a Using Pesticides Wisely training, and have a valid pesticide applicators license or obtain a two-year certified pesticide applicators license to apply Engenia, XtendiMax or FeXapan.  The 2-year license only allows you to apply one of the three dicamba products, it does not allow…

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  • FSA Office Openings

    Many have heard that FSA offices would be open.  Well that is true but it is only certain offices.  In a press release U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced that many Farm Service Agency (FSA) offices will reopen temporarily in the coming days to perform certain limited services for farmers and ranchers. The U.S.…

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