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The first southern rust of the year has just been detected in Coffee County. If your corn has reached the hard dough stage, you are good; if you are at the tassel, silking, or pollinating stage, I would consider spraying. Single-mode-of-action products (Tilt, Domark, Teb) will give about 2 weeks of protection. Mixed-mode-of-action products (Headline…
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Peanuts: This season has been especially challenging, with conditions shifting from extreme drought in May to excessive rainfall in mid-June and then back to extreme heat last week. The good news is that the dry conditions likely encouraged strong root development in most fields. As we move into July, peanuts planted in early May are…
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I have been trying to catch up from being gone last week to 4-H Camp. Here is some of what we have been dealing with this week. Cotton: April/Early May cotton is either squaring or very close to squaring; our variety trial was planted last Monday. We seem to be out of the Thrips and…
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Jassids As of today (6/4/26), no Jassids have been detected in Georgia. Dr. Roberts, his crew, and many agents across South Georgia have been scouting, but we haven’t found any yet. We will continue to monitor and track them throughout the season. I think it was July 10th when we discovered them last year. Early…
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From Dr. Jody Campiche, National Cotton Council: Over the past 8 weeks, cotton prices have risen sharply, reaching the mid-80s in the first week of May, the highest level in two years. The rally reflects a shift in market sentiment along with global supply concerns. The upward movement was largely driven by a reversal in…
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Many of you have begun treating your fields with early-postemergence (“cracking”) applications of Gramoxone (paraquat). Here are a few tips for success. Here is the Gramoxone label for those that might be interested: https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/agrian-cg-fs1-production/pdfs/Gramoxone_SL_3.0_Label1de.pdf
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Seven Hills Auctions will be having a State of the Farm Conference here at the Extension Office on June 17th. I have the flyer with the speaker lineup, agenda, and the registration link below. Several of our local friends are on the agenda to speak, so I hope you can make it. Please use the…
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I have received a few inquiries about Valor applications with the rain we just had. Here are some reminders about Valor after a rain. If they get dinged, they will look ugly for a few days, but they’ll come out of it.
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Grasshopper problems are sporadic and almost always associated with reduced tillage fields. I’ve seen a few hopping around in some fields I’ve been in. Grasshoppers overwinter in egg cases, which were deposited in the soil last fall. Increased overwintering survival and spring emergence are associated with dry conditions. Grasshoppers also appear to be more problematic…
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