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Peanuts: We have seen white mold, in small quantities, in Tift County. Be vigilant and aggressive with your sprays. There has been a good bit of false white mold scattered around. Pay close attention to the difference. False white mold does not harm the plant; in fact, the real damage false white mold can cause…
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A USDA report coming on August 12th will give us an update on what the corn situation looks like. I have talked to several people and Kansas still has corn underwater. I have also heard reports of knee-high corn and across the road it is ankle-high. At this point, it looks like there will be…
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Finally, some rain came. It brought some relief and a little cooler weather with it. We don’t want it to cool off completely but a break from the 105 heat index is most appreciated. On Tuesday, PhytoGen had a mini field day at a variety plot that they are conducting with Gary Branch. There was…
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UGA College of Engineering, UGA College of Agriculture, and Georgia Peanut Commission are working on new technology to identify peanut maturity. Years ago we started with the pocket knife scrape, we then moved to the glass bead blast and we currently use a pressure washer with a maturity board. We are in the beginning phase…
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You may have noticed that your hayfield looks like it has been through a frost but there has been no frost present in this hot weather. What you are seeing is bronzing. Bronzing is a result of chlorosis and necrosis in the top two to three leaves of your bermudagrass. The damaged leaves can easily…
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I see a good bit of clean cotton out there so that must mean that the majority of you are being timely with your herbicide sprays. When cotton starts getting taller and bushing out its difficult to spray over the top and still maintain good weed control. You run the risk of injuring your cotton…
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I was talking with Dr. Phillip Roberts yesterday and he was telling me that stinkbug populations may be higher than we have observed in recent years. Once plants begin setting bolls you need to begin monitoring for internal damage. Scout bolls approximately the diameter of a quarter. Bolls of this size are easy to squash…
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This article is from Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Extension Pecan Specialist. I think this a good and timely article by Dr. Wells as we have had several calls regarding pecan die back. Over the last week I have had at least 5 separate calls from different parts of the state regarding trees–usually in the range…
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Its been another busy week here in Tift County. Here are a few updates. Georgia Crop Update Sorghum: Early planted grain sorghum here in Tift that avoided sugar cane aphids. Reminder grain sorghum being planted now behind some of our melon production has the potential for good yields but will need to keep sugar cane…
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The week of the 4th always seems to be the hottest week of the year and it sure felt like it this week with heat indexes up to 107°. I have bugged some of you with yield and acreage questions over the past few weeks. I sure appreciate the information you gave me. We have…
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