Cotton
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A state Section 24(c) Special Local Need Label has been approved by the U.S. EPA and Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) allowing directed and hooded applications for Engenia, FeXapan, and XtendiMax. Label Information: 1. Applicators must have attended (and registered) a 2019 Using Pesticide Wisely training and must be a certified applicator. 2. Each applicator…
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We welcome Connie Lynn Rogers as our Worth County Extension summer intern. It has been a busy week, and she has hit the ground running. Connie Lynn is a student at UGA Tifton Campus that has begun graduate school in the Master of Plant Protection and Pest Management coursework. She will be helping at the…
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We held the last of the 2025 production meetings for Worth County producers on Thursday, March 6. The meetings began with the Row Crop Irrigation Management. Dr. Wes Porter, UGA Extension specialist, shared irrigation research and scheduling methods in peanuts, corn, and cotton. Phillip Edwards, SW District Area Water Agent, shared about our water sources…
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Worth County Extension hosted the Extension Cotton Production meeting last Friday, February 7th. Growers received the latest information on cotton varieties, deer damage to cotton (research), insect pest management, and an update from the GA Cotton Commission. We appreciate Dr. Camp Hand and Dr. Phillip Roberts from the UGA Cotton Team sharing cotton production information.…
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We had our first Worth County Extension production meeting yesterday morning on January 30, 2025. Thanks to Dr. Eric Prostko and Dr. Stanley Culpepper for sharing the latest information in row crop weed management. Also, thank you to our sponsors which support our agriculture programming. We are looking forward to seeing many of our Worth…
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Many of the winter production meetings for Worth County producers are happening in February. We look forward to seeing you soon at some of these meetings. Next Friday is the next one – Worth County Extension Cotton Production Meeting. This meeting was rescheduled due to the snowy conditions last week. See the flyer below for…
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Due to wintry weather, our Worth County Extension Cotton Production meeting was postponed this week. We have rescheduled the cotton meeting for February 7, 2025. Please see the updated flyer with our production meeting dates. If we can be of assistance at Worth County Extension, please let us know. University of Georgia is an Equal…
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Corn Short Course POSTPONED! Message from Dr. Nick Shay, UGA Grains Agronomist I hope that this email finds you well. If you are not aware, there have been some reports that inclement weather is heading our way. There is a good probability this wintery mix of snow and or ice will impact most regions of…
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Please see the flyer below with the meeting schedule for the 2025 grower production meetings and mark your calendar. We look forward to this time of year when growers and Extension personnel can share the latest, research-based information. Contact the Worth County Extension Office at 229-776-8216 to RSVP. If we can be of assistance at…
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There are quite a few conference and educational opportunities for growers this month. The Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference is January 9-11 in Savannah, Georgia. For more information or to register, go to: https://seregionalconference.org/ The Beltwide Cotton Conference is January 14-16 in New Orleans, Louisiana. For more information, go to: https://www.xcdsystem.com/beltwide/program/HCs30Tz/index.cfm The 2025 Georgia…