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Tift County Extension will host the Georiga Department of Agriculture’s training for farmers and growers on the produce safety rule. The meeting will be Thursday, August, 12th from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. The cost for the course will be $20 and lunch will be provided. The training will cover the standardized curriculum designed by…
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Peanuts: Here are some reminders since the rain has really messed up some spray timings. Try to avoid making applications of Cobra or Ultra Blazer in the 60-80 DAP window. Prostko has recorded yield losses of 5-10% when applying these herbicides during that period. Normally we would apply a grass herbicide about 3 days before…
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Peanuts: We were finally able to spray peanuts this week. Some were fortunate and able to keep a tight spray window however some were not. The weather continues to be favorable for the development of diseases so get it as soon as you can. Peanut Rx is an excellent tool to use to create a…
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Hurricane Elsa has really thrown a wrench into things. We were finally getting back into the fields when she came and dumped more water. Rain: I’ve really had to brush up on rainfastness of chemicals lately. Here are a couple of the ones that I’ve been asked about recently. If you’re curious about one not…
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Pop up thunderstorms have been the main thing this week and there is expected gulf activity next week so well see what happens. Cotton: You may see some aborted squares laying around on the ground. It could be plant bugs but most of what I’ve seen has been due to the funky weather. Cooler, cloudy…
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Rain and more rain has been the story this week. This weather is ripe for an outbreak of disease. Peanuts: leaf spot and white mold are active. If you haven’t sprayed your first fungicide yet I would do so as soon as I could get into the field. I would go with something systemic and…
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Peanuts: Tobacco budworms have been found in a few fields but the threshold has been low. My count was 1 caterpillar per 3ft of row and we need at least 4 caterpillars per row foot to trigger a spray. We’ll continue to watch for them over the next few weeks. The fields I looked at…
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We finally got some rain and I hate to fuss but we got a little more than we hoped for. It has made getting back in the fields tougher but I’ll quit my bellyaching and be glad we got some. Another plus from the rain is that it should help with our thrips problem. Thrips…
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Lots of activity the past few weeks. Crops are up and we haven’t had any rain. Hopefully, that will change this weekend. Nutgrass continues to be a problem in certain areas. On peanuts, paraquat + basagran or storm + dual will help but remember that paraquat doesn’t need to go out on peanuts that are…
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Planters have been humming this week. I’ve looked at some 12Ys that have come out of the ground screaming and looking good. Climatologists are calling for another active tropical season. The ocean water is warm so they are predicting an early start to the tropical season. The La Nina is expected to go away which…
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