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Grain Sorghum

  • 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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  • Cotton – Insects and Disease – The silverleaf whitefly (SLWF) population is spreading out from the initial area from a couple of weeks ago. There are more fields in central/eastern part of the county that have reached threshold. Be aware and be scouting, as the population can change quickly; if you have questions, let us…

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  • There has been some different herbicide questions as of late for corn and even grain sorghum. POST applications of Prowl can cause root injury but this usually only occurs when the corn seed has been planted < 1.5″ deep and seed-furrow closure is not adequate. Figure 1 presents some recent research data from UGA weed…

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  • Grain Sorghum Update

    There has been some grain sorghum planted in the county and most of it is young with a few leaves and close to a foot tall. A reminder for future reference is to get concep safener treated seed so that Dual or Warrant can be used in sorghum. We do not have many good options…

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  • There has been a few calls about interest in planting grain sorghum this year for various reasons. Some important factors to consider are hybrid selection for sugarcane aphid tolerance, maturity, and having seed treated with Concep safener so that Dual herbicide may be used. Grain Sorghum liked well drained soil and has wide pH rang…

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