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Peanut Update

There has been a lot of harvesting of peanuts in Worth County this week. With this, we have been checking a lot of peanut maturity samples. Even with the heat speeding up cotton maturity, peanuts appear to be on schedule as normal. There are some dryland fields and different situations…
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Plant Growth Regulator Decisions in Cotton

There are many growth stages of cotton throughout the county at this time, from emergence to blooming. Good soil moisture from recent rains and milder temperatures have our cotton crop growing. Some growers have already begun managing plant growth. As a management tool, plant growth regulators (PGRs) containing mepiquat are…
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Update for the Week – June 18, 2021

More rain is expected this weekend. Many field activities have been going on this week throughout the county – hay cutting, vegetable harvest, final planting and some replanting of cotton and peanuts, spray applications for weed, disease, and insect control. Cotton and peanut growth has really jumped following recent rains….
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Peanut Planting Decisions

Following is some timely information from Dr. Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist. We have Peanut Quick Reference Guides and Peanut Rx at the Worth County Extension Office. by Dr. Scott Monfort, UGA Peanut Agronomist Growers are beginning to make plans on when to start planting. I have already received several…
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