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  • Using Pesticides Wisely 2023

    UPW will be different from previous years. Here are the guidelines for this year:

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  • Clean Day 2023- March 29th

    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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  • Row Crops Fertilizer Application Practices and Technology Survey

    I try to limit the surveys that get passed around, so you’re not bombarded with them, but this survey is one of the more important ones, and it pertains to some research Regan and I are involved with. Dr. Harris and Dr. Virk developed the survey to better understand common fertilizer application practices and technology…

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  • Feral Swine Workshop & Trapping Demonstration

    There will be a feral swine workshop and trapping demonstration on February 21, 2023, in Sylvester, Ga, at the Worth County Ag Pavilion located at 102 Rebecca Dr, Sylvester, Ga. The workshop will be from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm, with lunch provided. The Middle South Georgia Conservation District sponsors this workshop. Topics will include…

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  • 2022 Peanut Update

    Here are some updates from the peanut year and some ideas for heading into next year. 2022 Peanut Year

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  • Weekly County Update 9/19/2022

    Peanuts: More and more peanuts are being dug as we have finally gotten some sunshine and cooperative weather. So far, so good on what I’ve seen and heard on the peanut crop. The Georgia Peanut Tour came through Tift County on Wednesday. Regan and I set up some local visits so they could see peanuts…

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  • Weekly County Update 9/9/2022

    Cotton: Boll rot is getting pretty bad, and the rain isn’t helping. Several fields we have looked at have lost about a 1/3 of the bolls. The bad thing is there isn’t anything we can do about it now. The cotton that isn’t rotting looks really good. Whiteflies are still hanging around, and I will…

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  • Peanut Maturity Checks

    Things will look a little different for peanut maturity checks this year. Regan and I have been out at the buying points and farm supply blasting peanuts for the past few years, but this year we will be doing them at Extension Office. I let my calendar get away from me and realized when we…

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  • Help! Organophosphates are on the chopping block

    An NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Earthjustice, is a group currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. For peanuts, this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). If you grow corn, this would be terbufos (Counter). This is not a good situation. By revoking the food use tolerances,…

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  • Weekly County Update 8/12/2022

    Cotton: These afternoon storms sure have been raising the boll rot concerns. I am already seeing several hits of Diplodia, Anthracnose, and Fusarium boll rot. Don’t worry too much about the names; boll rot is boll rot, and most of what I see looks insect-related although these wet, humid days sure aren’t helping. The fields…

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