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Fire ants have been problematic this summer in newly planted satsuma trees. This was a problem new to us; as we are learning a lot about citrus from our first-time growers and we wanted to share some info on how they can damage trees, and provide some solutions. Here is an excerpt from the University…
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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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Come learn more about the following topics and get answers to your questions! 1. WHIP+ Disaster Assistance. The USDA has started signup for the disaster assistance program in response to Hurricane Michael in 2018. Come learn about program specifics for the Wildfire and Hurricane Indemnity Program Plus (WHIP+) and how this program interacts with crop…
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Most of the farmers in the county are wide open with cotton harvest. We have mentioned defoliation earlier, but here is the recommended rates of the three-way as we progress into October. The dry conditions we have been having can play a role in how well defoliation works and if we start to see cooler…
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Please read below from the Dr. Lenny Wells and the UGA Pecan blog about a new fungicide for pecan management in 2020. It’s too late to help us for this year, but there is a new fungicide labeled for pecans that provides a totally new chemistry for us to use in our arsenal of weapons…
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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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There has been some defoliating starting in the county, as well as some places being harvested. Listed below are some good references on determining defoliation by UGA Cotton Agronomist Dr. Jared Whitaker. Here is a reference on recommended defoliation rates of the “Three-way” for early season defoliation. If there are any other…
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Following is a weather update from our UGA Climatologist, as Dorian nears. There are many unknowns. We are very early in the harvest season, and hopefully we will not have major effects from the storm, but we will watch and wait. Weather Update: Pam Knox, Director, UGA Weather Network and Agricultural Climatologist Some pretty significant…
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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…