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It is the holiday season and that means many things to all of us. Hunting, Football, Thanksgiving, Christmas and Agricultural Production Updates. You may not love sitting in meetings but if you have agricultural interests in middle Georgia these updates can help you improve on your current production practices and remain profitable.
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I don’t think they will actually have feral swine to trap, but this workshop should be good if wild hogs are a problem on your farm or property.
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Asian Soybean Rust has officially been detected in Peach County, which means it could be anywhere and in any field. Once this rust appears, it can develop quickly with the help of a little rain and wind. This disease is of particular concern if your soybeans are between flowering and the early pod stage. Preventative…
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Hurricane Irma is going to make a mess and it will probably also spread soybean rust across our area. As soon as the fields dry out we need to be looking for soybean rust in all of our group VII beans. We are at the beginning of pod fill and have really good yield potential.…
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I hope that this is not even a question now that we have a better idea of where Irma is headed. Even our earliest peanuts planted around April 17th would only be 145 days on the 15th of September. Reports from Agents in our area and south show the early planted crop is at least…
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We don’t want to end up in the same situation we did about 13 years ago with the discovery of Glyphosate resistant palmer amaranth (pigweed). With new herbicide technology and old we must be the ones to protect them.
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If you need pesticide re-certification hours join us for a webinar on the morning of May 17th in Butler GA.
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Check out what Stanley Culpepper, Extension Weed Scientist, has to say about the launch of the “new” auxin technology on Cotton and Soybeans. https://www.ugacotton.com
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There are changes to the Worker Protection Standards that all farms need to be aware of. This site can make understanding these changes easier.
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We will be having our last row crop production update of the year on March 1st (that is Wednesday). We get to hear from our newest Agronomist on what is new and exciting in Soybean production. With many commodity prices being fairly low soybean contracts have been a small bright spot. Like our other meetings…
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