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  • Cold Weather & Herbicides

    We talk about herbicides and their behavior in warm temperatures, but what about cold? UGA Extesion Weed Scientist Dr. Erik Prostko has this to say: Growers who have sprayed certain POST systemic herbicides (i.e. Roundup, Poast, Select) over the last 15 days are likely to observe slower and/or reduced performance due to the cold weather. …

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  • Tomorrow’s Pecan Pruning Clinic has been POSTPONED due to the freezing temperatures predicted tomorrow. The Pecan Production Meeting is still scheduled for Jan 31st at 12:00 in Pineview. We will hold the Pecan Pruning Clinic the SAME DAY  FOLLOWING the pecan meeting. Don’t forget to call the office if you plan to attend the meeting…

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  • We have a wonderful opportunity to look at some 3 year old Ellis pecan trees that need to be pruned. Thanks to Doug Harvey for allowing us out to the orchard. Doug and I looked at the trees last week to determine how they needed to be pruned. Thanks to UGA Extension Horticulturalist Dr. Lenny…

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  • One Week After Cold

    The coldest we got was 19 degrees the night of Jan 2nd. It’s mostly been an issue of keeping our irrigation pipes from freezing. We’re now seeing cold injury on some plants now that it’s been a week past. I have yet to look at our oats for grain, but I’ve been told we have some…

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  • UGA Extension Vegetable Entomologist Dr. Stormy Sparks writes this: OVERWINTERING AND COLD TOLERANCE OF BEMISIA-ARGENTIFOLII (HOMOPTERA, ALEYRODIDAE) IN COASTAL SOUTH-CAROLINA By: SIMMONS, AM (SIMMONS, AM); ELSEY, KD (ELSEY, KD), JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGICAL SCIENCE, Volume: 30  Issue: 4  Pages: 497-506. DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-30.4.497, Published: OCT 1995 It takes about 3 hours of 21 degree Fahrenheit to kill…

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  • Field Crop Update

    With produce, the month of December is not always laid back for farmers. Though I think we’ve had a good month since we have gotten some rain. It’s also good to have cold weather in December for a change… We’ve had a few foggy days these last two weeks as well. Here are some things…

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  • I’ve been working with Michael Pomirko our Wilcox County Recreation Director on some amendments with the fields. Mike has done a really great job getting things started. They’ve done a lot of work on the fields and also painting fixtures. He also has some really good help with two high school students as well. One…

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  • Cotton Harvest Update

    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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  • UGA Cotton Market Update

    Here is the most recent Cotton Marketing News from UGA Extension Economist Dr. Don Shurley:

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