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It is always good to have a solid plan for managing thrips. I ask Mark Abney every year, “How bad are the thrips going to be this year” and his reply is that thrips will be in every peanut field but to what extent, we don’t know yet. Thrips feeding will reduce yield; therefore, managing…
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Corn and Pecan commodity commissions will be having a vote on their respective assessment rates during the month of May. Attached are the fliers with all the pertinent information. Corn: Funds or assessments are authorized by the grower-approved Market Order and can only be used for research, education, and promotion of corn. The Market Order…
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Now is a great time to use Peanut Rx to get an idea of when would be a good time to start planting peanuts and help prep a fungicide program. I know each circumstance is different; some have to start early to get across their acreage, and some have to find a sweet spot between…
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Cotton doesn’t like it when it’s cold, so plant when it’s warm. Too much or too little water limits stand establishment. If you’ve got crusting, get a rotary hoe soon.
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I know some of you are spraying now, and some are about to get started. Here are some results from the burndown trial Regan and I had with Dr. Prostko this year. Gramoxone 3SL (paraquat) @ 32 oz/A + Induce (0.25% v/v) was very effective. No other treatment was more effective in this test. Any…
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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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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 not be a bad idea…
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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, and red maples around the…
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UPW will be different from previous years. Here are the guidelines for this year:
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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, Ga. This event is free…
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