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Enrollment opens on March 18, 2020 and closes on April 8, 2020. Following is information from the Georgia Department of Agriculture. The link to access application and information is: farmrecovery.com. The Georgia Department of Agriculture will begin accepting online applications for the $347 million in block grant funds on March 18, 2020. Georgia farmers and…
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Many rules regarding the purchase, handling, and application of paraquat are changing. Most notably, all non-bulk paraquat products (with new labels) must adhere to closed-system packaging requirements set forth by the EPA’s Paraquat Dichloride Human Health Mitigation Decision by November 2020. All paraquat applicators are required to complete an EPA-approved training module before applying. Click on…
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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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Listed below, is some field corn hybrid herbicide tolerance information from Dr. Eric Prostko. Pioneer https://www.pioneer.com/content/dam/dpagco/pioneer/na/us/en/products/files/corn/DF_Corn-Hybrid-Herbicide-Response-Ratings-Product-List.pdf Dekalb AgriGold Pages 70-71 on their hybrid guide below https://agrigold.com/Content/pdf/FlipBook/Hybrid-Profile-Guide-2019-20.pdf
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https://georgiaweather.net/ We have had quite the amount of rain as of lately. Here is some data from the closest weather stations showing our latest conditions in the field. Hopefully we can get to drying out and catch up on land prep for planting. 4 Inch Soil Temp (F) Albany 52.8 54.2 54.9 57.2 62.5 62.0…
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Cattlemen and hay producers, following is an opportunity for you. The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has a FREE series of webinars this spring focused on forage management. March 3rd: Soil – The Foundation of Your Enterprise March 10th: Forage Systems – Finding the Right Fit March 17th: Grazing Management – Balancing Animal and Forage Performance…
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A final decision has been made for Using Pesticides Wisely (UPW) training for 2020 in regards to auxin herbicides. If you attended a UPW training in 2019, you do not have to attend a 2020 meeting. If you did not attend a 2019 UPW meeting, then you will have to attend a 2020 UPW meeting.…
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Attached below is a link to the 2020 UGA Corn Production Guide for your reference. https://grains.caes.uga.edu/content/dam/caes-subsite/grains/docs/corn/2020-Corn-Production-Guide.pdf Fields are very wet and delaying our burndown timing for getting ready for corn planting. When fields get to where we can get in them, some options for burndown could include glyphosate + atrazine or paraquat + atrazine. There…
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https://www.farmrecovery.com/ The Georgia Department of Agriculture is in the process of finalizing an agreement with USDA to implement the Georgia Farm Recovery Block Grant. Until a final agreement has been reached, GDA cannot provide any additional details regarding the program. As soon as USDA and GDA finalize the terms, GDA will announce the dates for…
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We have had many questions about the Using Pesticides Wisely for 2020. At this time there are two training plans. We are awaiting the final decision from EPA regarding Georgia’s 2020 dicamba training program. Click Read More to see the information sheets, which clearly explain the two plans.