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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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Peanuts It has been hot and dry for the last several weeks. Be mindful of the moisture in the fields being planted. For the non-irrigated fields, the soil profile is very dry. The rain we received a week or so ago will not be enough to germinate the seed and allow them to emerge consistently. The seed is…
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Dr. Roberts and his team have been actively searching for cotton jassids since Christmas. They have been sampling winter annual weeds, cover crops, and many additional habitats, and have captured only a single jassid in late January this calendar year. They have been looking heavy around Tifton. If you see a UGA truck and some…
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Ryegrass that cannot be controlled with Roundup has been documented in Georgia, and complaints of Roundup “missing” ryegrass are becoming more frequent. If you see this, be certain to document fields where these escapes are occurring so a sustainable program can be implemented beginning this fall for next season. A successful program for next year…
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The banded cucumber beetle (picture below) has given us some fits over the past few years, and finally, we have something for it. The Georgia Department of Agriculture recently approved a Special Local Need (24c) label for the insecticide Vertento (Isocycloseram) for rootworm management in peanuts in Georgia. The 24c label allows Vertento to be…
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Here are some thoughts on the recent cold snap from Dr. Wells The cold weather we’ve been fearing for a couple of weeks, since it became apparent that some pecan trees would break bud really early, arrived this week. Forecasted temperatures for Wednesday night (March 15)/Thursday morning (March 16) are from 27-30 degrees as you move…
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Dr. Porter and the UGA Water Team have put together a great post on pivot safety. Check it out!
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Hurricane Helene Losses Eligible for Compensation Georgia farmers, ranchers, and foresters in eligible counties that have suffered losses in timber, infrastructure, poultry, beef cattle, dairy cattle, milk loss, dairy feed loss, pecans, blueberries, citrus, nursery, plasticulture, and bare ground practices due to Hurricane Helene may apply for assistance to the Georgia Department of Agriculture. In general,…
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