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  • Following is some of the latest information from Dr. Bob Kemerait, UGA Extension Plant Pathologist, regarding peanut seeds and fungicide treatments for the 2020 season. We have received many questions in recent days pertaining to the quality issues facing our peanut seed supply in 2020 and relative performance of seed treatments Dynasty PD and Rancona. …

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  • For anyone interested, here is a comparison of Dual Magnum vs. Outlook on tropical spiderwort control in peanut from some past research of Dr. Prostko (UGA Weed Specialist) Outlook is the activated isomer of the herbicide formerly sold as Frontier (dimethenamid).  If you are not very familiar with Outlook, it is in the same herbicide family…

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  • Recent harvest conditions have been ideal for our peanut and cotton farmers.  We have done maturity clinics and checked peanut fields for optimum digging and harvest timing of peanuts, and we have also looked at many cotton fields with growers to plan defoliation and harvest.  Harvest activity is also steady in our vegetable fields at…

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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 that have required peanuts to…

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  • Cotton/Peanut Research Field Day – September 4, 2019 at 8:00 a.m. (from Georgia Peanut & Cotton Commission press release) The Georgia Cotton Commission, Georgia Peanut Commission and the University of Georgia Extension Cotton and Peanut Teams, will co-sponsor a joint research field day on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, in Tifton, Georgia. The field day will…

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  • Crop Update for the Week

    Worth County growers, we have many thing going on this week. CORN Corn harvest has been going strong.  Rain events have slowed harvest in places, but corn is coming out of the field quickly in many parts of the county. PEANUTS We began peanut maturity clinics this week at the regular locations.  Plan to bring…

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  • Attached below is our scheduled days and times of our peanut maturity clinics with the locations. Peanut Clinic Schedule 2019

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  • There has been some questions about late season tropical spiderwort in peanuts getting closer to digging time. There has also been questions about this weed in corn or post harvest control for peanut rotation the next season. For current peanut production, there is not many good options this late for tropical spiderwort. Strongarm is the…

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  • Peanut Insect Update

    Peanuts are growing well in Worth County, but many fields are showing heat and drought stress.  Many parts of the county received some rain yesterday, and hopefully there will be more in the near future.  As we face hot temperatures and dry conditions, growers need to be scouting in peanut fields for insects and pests. …

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  • Peanut Update

    We have been looking at peanut fields all through the county. Even though we have had some good rains, many have gotten dry recently, and irrigation is running where it can be run. Growers have been staying on a good spray schedule, but with ideal conditions, we have started seeing more white mold hits in…

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