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Burndown Options

Here are a few questions Regan and I have been getting regarding burndown applications. Here are some pictures from our field trial last year. We are currently conducting this study again.
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Cooler Weather and Burndown Sprays

Many of you are in the process of spraying pre-plant burndown herbicides. Low temperatures over most of Georgia are expected to drop below 40F over the next three days. These temperatures are not very favorable for optimum weed control with herbicides such as Roundup (glyphosate) or Gramoxone (paraquat). It may…
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Early budbreak for pecans is a possibility

According to Dr. Lenny Wells, budbreak is looking to be early this year. Reports of early budbreak of many plants throughout the Southeastern U.S. by those who document plant phenology have been coming out lately, and most predict spring to arrive 2 weeks early. The Japanese magnolias, redbuds, sawtooth oaks,…
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Clean Day 2023- March 29th

The Georgia Department of Agriculture is hosting a pesticide clean day in Coffee County. The Georgia Department of Agriculture is pleased to announce our next Clean Day pesticide waste collection event. The event will be held Wednesday, March 29, 2023, in Coffee County at the Tri-County Cotton Gin in Douglas,…
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Feral Swine Workshop & Trapping Demonstration

There will be a feral swine workshop and trapping demonstration on February 21, 2023, in Sylvester, Ga, at the Worth County Ag Pavilion located at 102 Rebecca Dr, Sylvester, Ga. The workshop will be from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm, with lunch provided. The Middle South Georgia Conservation District sponsors…
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Weekly County Update 9/19/2022

Peanuts: More and more peanuts are being dug as we have finally gotten some sunshine and cooperative weather. So far, so good on what I’ve seen and heard on the peanut crop. The Georgia Peanut Tour came through Tift County on Wednesday. Regan and I set up some local visits…
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Weekly County Update 9/9/2022

Cotton: Boll rot is getting pretty bad, and the rain isn’t helping. Several fields we have looked at have lost about a 1/3 of the bolls. The bad thing is there isn’t anything we can do about it now. The cotton that isn’t rotting looks really good. Whiteflies are still…
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