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It’s hot, dry and looks like it will be that way for a little while. We have had several people call in with questions on hemp production. Here is our statement on hemp production until further notice. “As you probably know, the Governor signed the budget and one particular bill of interest was the Hemp…
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Downy mildew has been detected on cucumber in Echols County. These observations indicate that inoculum of downy mildew is currently in southern GA counties and under favorable conditions potential disease outbreak in cucurbit can occur. I would suggest our cucurbit growers to look for the downy mildew symptoms in their fields and start applying protective spray of below stated fungicides. Watermelon: Rotation (foliar application) with Orondis Opti; …
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Irrigating is a simple application that helps users schedule irrigation events for vegetable crops. The application provides the crop water demand during the season (based on a historical weather data set and crop growth stages) for most of the vegetables grown in the state of Georgia.
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The training will cover the standardized curriculum designed by the Produce Safety Alliance, which meets the regulatory requirements of the Produce Safety Rule under FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act). The course will provide a foundation of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) and comanagement information, FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirements, and details on how to develop a…
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We averaged about a 1.5 in. of rain across the county this week. From what I’ve seen, pigweeds have been a little harder to control in conventional cotton but strip-till cotton has seemed to be a leg up on the pigweed fight this year. Riding around it looks like we still have a bunch of…
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One more UPW has been added for 2019. I am being told this the absolute last one for the year.
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UGA and UF will hold the Corn Silage & Forage Field Day on June 20th at the Tifton Conference Center (RDC). This field day is free of charge with lunch provided. If you currently are in a forage system or are considering it, this is a good way to get some current information from our…
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Some rain would sure be nice. Pivots have been running pretty hard. Dryland cotton stands have been taking a little hit. We have seen very few seed issues but the majority of the stand problems have been moisture related. For some of you, your POST 1 cotton sprays will be coming soon if not already.…
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The flys are out in full force so its time to start protecting our herds. Insecticide ear tags are still very useful fly control tools. Rotating between organophosphate and pyrethroid products is recommended. The suggested rotation schedule is to use organophosphate tags for two consecutive years, rotate to a pyrethroid tag for one year, then…