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This is the link that you need to sign up for the Peanut Production Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.
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This is the link that you need to sign up for the Corn & Soybean Meetings. You will need to choose a meeting time through this link. A link will be sent to your email address the day before the meeting. Here are the steps to choose a meeting time.
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No matter how timely you are with scouting and spraying your cotton, if your N, P, and K aren’t right then you cant maximize the potential of the plant. We all know this but what we cant figure out is why we’ve been having Potassium problems here recently. We had a good bit of rain…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from all of us at the Tift County Extension Office. We hope your holidays are filled with lots of joy and happiness. The Extension Office will be closed until we come back on January 4th. See yall next year!
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COVID is going to make production meetings a little different this year. We will not be having any in-person meetings here at the office like during a normal year. Instead, UGA will be offering virtual meetings. We have fought this long and hard but ultimately for safety sake, the decision has been made to go…
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I was recently in on a meeting with the Extension Peanut Team. A few key points. Watch which Velum you get. Velum Total has thrip control with imidacloprid however Velum does not and will need an added thrip control. Bayer is moving to Velum yet there is probably some Velum Total stock still out there.…
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Here are some options for controlling weeds in small grains. Call me with any questions. Oats: Harmony Extra + MCPA or 2,4-D. This will give you excellent control of broadleafs. The MCPA will give you a short residual on wild radish, about 10 days. Be sure to get it out before Christmas Wheat: Broadleaf: Harmony…
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Dr. Don Shurley recently posted an article regarding cotton economics. It is a pretty good read and gives some good insight into some factors that could push cotton a few cents higher.
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Happy Thanksgiving from the Tift County Extension Office. We hope you and your family enjoy the holiday and please remember to save room for pie, I forget every year.
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Not much cotton was picked this week because of the rain and Eta. I think Eta changed directions about 17 times but now she’s projected to move across Florida and out into the Atlantic by Thursday night. I hate to keep talking about it but currently there is another tropical system in the Caribbean. NOAA…
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