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The Georgia Association of County Agricultural Agents (GACAA) will have its annual food booth at the Expo this year. If you are there, stop by for a sausage dog and coffee for breakfast or a BBQ sandwich and a honey bun for lunch. As President-Elect, I will be working at our food booth all week.…
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It’s a little cooler outside, and you won’t hear me fuss about it, but this week is going to be complicated with defoliation. Daytime temps get high enough to make us think certain chemistries may work, but nighttime temps stay below 60F for the most part. Thank goodness we are still clear of rain, so…
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It looks like we dodged a bullet with Hurricane Isaias, but we’ve had a pile of rain over the past 10 days. I am seeing reports of cooler and wetter conditions that should arrive around the second half of November. I’ve heard about some defoliation applications that didn’t produce the desired results. Either leaving a…
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Pam Knox gave us an update on the Isaias situation. Tropical Storm Isaias is headed north towards the Gulf Coast, where it will probably make landfall as a hurricane (possibly a major one) somewhere between Mississippi and the western panhandle of Florida overnight Friday into Saturday. The Gulf is at a record-high temperature, which is…
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I probably wouldn’t this week, but if you need to or are willing to gamble, here is what I’d use. Forecast shows a good chance of rain all week. OR
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This is a great article by Dr. Wes Porter and his team on calibrating yield monitors and handler weight in JD cotton pickers. Let me know if you need any help with this. https://precisionagirrigation.extension.uga.edu/2026/09/calibrating-handler-weight-and-yield-monitor-on-a-john-deere-cotton-picker/
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If you’ve got cotton ready to defoliate, this is a week I’d try to get after it. We’re looking at highs in the upper 80s across the state and lows in the 60s to low 70s, so conditions should be pretty good for defoliation. Once those cooler temperatures arrive, we’ll probably need to adjust rates…
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Recipe for the week: Looks like we’ve got a slight change in the weather this week, which may mean adjusting our defoliation plans. For the most part, we’ll go from the low 90s into the upper 80s through Wednesday, then temperatures look to drop into the upper 70s. By Friday, some places may even see…
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Peanuts are still looking good. Most varieties (06G, TiftNVHG, and 913s) that I have looked at are still hitting the low-to-mid 140-day range. I have only looked at a few GA12Y samples, and they are pushing 155+. I am not aware of any, but if you have any Florun-725, from what I’m hearing from surrounding…
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Weekly Defoliation Recipe: The forecast looks favorable this week with little concern for rainfall, although there are some low chances of rain over the weekend. Keep that in mind as we approach the end of the week. A big part of deciding what to do from a defoliation standpoint is not just looking at the…
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