Cotton
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We have begun the 2021 Extension Production meeting season. Today, the first of these meetings was held. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and precautions, the meetings will be conducted in a virtual or online format. Below are the dates and times of the currently planned meetings. Let us know if we can assist you at the…
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This week continued harvest of cotton and peanuts across Worth County. The weather conditions have been better for harvest to occur this week, but as we look forward to next week, there will probably be effects from Tropical Depression Eta. November is national pecan month. The pecan crop is looking good this year and yields…
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Rain from the storm has slowed down harvest activity this week. There were still peanuts being dug and some picked; cotton defoliation, but not much picking. We are hopeful for better conditions to continue and finish out in the coming weeks. Vegetable harvest has been occurring also in the county this week – squash, zucchini,…
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Peanut harvest is getting to be in full swing; diggers are digging, and pickers are picking. More cotton fields are being defoliated and harvest has started in cotton, also. The clear and sunny weather like yesterday and today can really brighten the spirit and make for good harvest conditions. Many peanut maturity samples are looking…
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Some rains this week are helping to finish out some of our peanut and cotton acres. We are still checking plenty of samples on the peanut hull scrape profile board. Mrs. Kristen Ford, our Worth County 4-H Agent, has helped with the peanut maturity clinics at our county locations and at the Extension Office. She…
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With the current situation, many events have changed format. Please see the following article by Dr. Phillip Roberts about the Cotton and Peanut Research Field Day. Posted on August 27, 2020 by Phillip Roberts The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a virtual…
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Harvest time is near. Peanut maturity clinics are underway. Some late-March planted peanuts showed ready, and have been dug and picked. Many of the peanuts were planted from mid-April and on. Most of them are showing true to the normal maturity on the peanut maturity board. It is always good to check maturity for individual…
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We have started the peanut maturity clinics this week. These are held at locations in the county on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday (for clinic information and details click HERE). In peanuts, white mold seems to be present in most fields at this time, even those with a good, strong fungicide program. Continue to protect the…
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Quite a bit happening all across Worth County this week. Scattered showers are a blessing wherever we are getting them. Corn harvest is going strong. Many of our earlier planted peanuts and cotton are nearing maturity; we are looking forward to our peanut maturity clinics starting next week, and checking cotton as we near defoliation…
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PEANUT update – White mold has really been showing up in many fields this week, even those with some excellent spray programs. Conditions are ideal. It will be important to stay on a good and timely fungicide schedule. Insects recently observed are lesser cornstalk borer, three-cornered alfalfa hoppers, soybean loopers, and velvetbean caterpillars (VBC). Some…