Cotton
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We’ve planted as much as 60 percent of cotton and as much as just st starting. We might have a little more out there. Our oldest is 5 true leaves. We’ve been having about 17 DD 60s a day until this rain. Based on the numbers, that puts us squaring about June 5th. We’ve actually looked…
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With the 2018 season approaching, there are some changes made that will affects farmers and landowners. Click the links below to learn more from UGA Extension Economists Dr. Don Shurley and Dr. Adam Rabinowitz: The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 MYA Prices and Calculating Payments with Seed Cotton PL UGA Extension Economists are working on…
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Thanks to UGA Cotton Extension Agronomist Dr. Jared Whitaker and agronomist Mark Freeman, we can look at the results of last year’s on-farm cotton variety trials. Many county agents participate in these trials which helps add data from across the state. We planted it in Thomas County last year, and I hope to continue you…
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Once we started picking cotton it seems like it went fast. We’ve gotten most of it if not all of it now in Wilcox County. According to the USDA Macon Classing Office Georgia has ginned 2.1 million bales (211,000 last week.) Our yields here are a little down, particularly irrigated cotton. Many growers are seeing…
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Thanks to Jeff Cook, County Agent in Peach/Taylor: With new regulations going into place for the 2018 growing season, now may be a good time to make some adjustments on your pesticide sprayer. Label requirements for the new Dicamba (Engenia, XtendiMax, or Fexapan) or the 2,4-D (Enlist Duo or Enlist One) technology will force growers…
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The airplanes are flying and we’ve been looking at defoliation this week pretty strong. We’re getting done with peanuts in most fields. Most of our cotton has already naturally defoliated, but we have lots of juvenile growth. With our temperatures, we also need to keep our thiadiazuron (Dropp, Freefall, etc) in our programs to prevent regrowth.…
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