Peanuts
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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 that have required peanuts to…
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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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We had a great crowd at the Worth County Extension Peanut Production Meeting yesterday evening. Dr. Scott Monfort and Dr. Mark Abney from the UGA Peanut Team shared the latest research-based information on peanut production and insect pests. The group also heard from the Georgia Peanut Commission’s Maddie Frost who shared about the commission’s efforts…
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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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The 2025 Georgia Peanut Farm Show is scheduled for Thursday, January 16, at the UGA Tifton Campus Conference Center in Tifton, GA. The show opens at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m. Peanut farmers and those involved in the peanut industry will be able to learn more about the latest products, services and peanut…
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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…
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Southern Corn Rust and Soybean Rust confirmed This week has brought us the confirmation of plant diseases in corn and soybeans. Southern Corn Rust (SCR) was confirmed in Decatur County on June 4th and in Mitchell County on June 6th. Soybean rust was confirmed on June 5th in Telfair County and in Tift County on…
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It’s go time! Many of our growers are busy planting to finish getting the cotton and peanut crops in the ground. With all of the recent rains, field activities have been delayed. Below is a map from NOAA, which shows the last 30 days of rainfall for Worth County. We have had from 5 to…