Weekly Update
-
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…
-
Seems like we looked at more cotton this week than we did anything else. Here are a few things we have been seeing and a few reminders about cotton. Aphids: They are definitely out there and on cotton. The killing fungus that we like to see move in and take them out is not going…
-
It’s been a busy week. Aphids are in our cotton and you may want to consider a treatment to give already stressed cotton some relief this year. Looks like the majority of peanut acreage has received some early timely sprays especially for white mold control. This is great! Keep it up! Don’t forget about leafspot…
-
We definitely got some much-needed rain this week. I had just a tick under 3 inches at the house. I have some good information on Lesser Cornstalk Borers and White Mold in some post this week so be sure to check those out. Scott Utley found something pretty cool this week. Peanuts that grew upside…
Posted in: Weekly Update -
We had an event yesterday that we haven’t seen since Mother’s Day, some type of liquid substance fell from the sky. It was quite enjoyable. Hopefully well get some more of the rain that is suppose to be coming in over the weekend because my millet isn’t looking too good right now. Cantaloupes and watermelons…
-
Its been really hot and dry. The combination of hot and dry can be really tough on crops. With conditions like these, we need to be on the look for Aspergillus Crown Rot in peanuts (we have seen it), Lesser Cornstalk Borers in peanuts, hot soil is scorching emerging plants in peanuts and cotton (we…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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.…
-
Planters were wide open this week. I know several acres of cotton and peanuts were put in. According to the UGA drought monitor were in a moderate drought. Hopefully we the forecast will bring us a little water especially for our dryland folks. I spent some time looking at cantaloupes, watermelons, peppers, and peach trees…