Recent Posts
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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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Our new Tri-County Vegetable Agent, Ty Torrance, started this week. I’ll be getting Ty around to visit and meet our vegetable producers here soon. We have some late cotton that should be getting defoliated soon. Boll rot caused us to chase some cotton this year. Next year we’re going to look at some techniques to…
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NOAA just released its November weather forecast. They are calling for it to be warmer and drier. Our area shows a 33% chance for above average temperature and a 40% chance for below average precipitation. This pattern follows closely with the La Nina we are currently in. There will some colder periods but for the…
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Yet another tropical system has decided some come upon us. Hopefully, we won’t get much rain from Zeta. I think Central and North Georgia caught the brunt of it. The good news this week is that EPA has reregistered 3 Dicamba products for cotton and soybeans. Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium have been reregistered and will…
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I’ve been working this week on planning research trials for next year. We should have some pretty exciting things coming with variety trials and some precision ag work. Potentially, we’ll be looking at boom spreaders versus broadcast spreaders for fertilizer applications, some cotton planting differences to help with boll rot, sprayer nozzles, peanut seeding depths,…
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I’ve received some calls this week about regrowth in cotton. Remember to go high rate of Dropp (4oz), this will help inhibit regrowth. I would use at least 20 GPA, that way you can get the defoliant blasted down into the plant which is where most of the regrowth is occurring. Peanut grades seem to…
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NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is predicting the La Nina we are currently in should last through the winter and on into next spring with the strongest effects likely happening in Florida, South Georgia, and Alabama. This includes warmer sunnier than normal conditions as well as drier than normal precipitation. La Nina is not linked to…
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Not much has changed from last week. Peanuts are still showing in 140 range and being dug all over the place. Buying Points are hopping. I was at a couple this week and it was like a whirlwind, peanut wagons and semis were flying everywhere. We received and processed heifers for the UGA HERD Program…
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