Jenna Kicklighter Brock
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Colquitt County Extension partners with Colquitt’s Young Farmers Association to host 2016 Pecan Update Date: Tomorrow night, Tuesday, March 22, 2016 Time: 7:00 pm Location: Colquitt County Extension Office Guest Speaker: Dr. Lenny Wells, UGA Pecan Specialist Please RSVP: Call (229)616-7455
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Attached below are the 2016 Cotton Enterprise Budgets from UGA extension Economist, Dr. Don Shurley. Click on the links to open the budgets for: (Strip-Till, irrigated) 2016-ST-IRR (Strip-Till, non-irrigated) 2016-ST-NI (conventional tillage, irrigated) 2016-CONV-IRR (conventional tillage, non-irrigated) 2016-CONV-NI
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Cotton and soybean varieties with tolerance to auxin herbicides (2,4-D or dicamba) are nearing commercialization. Prior to making applications of dicamba to dicamba-tolerant cotton/soybean or 2,4-D to 2,4-D-tolerant cotton/soybeans in Georgia, growers will be required to attend the training “Using Pesticides Wisely”. The training will focus on helping applicators/growers make wise decisions when applying not…
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Early February is a good time to start managing for ambrosia beetles. Normally, beetle damage is worse on young trees from newly planted to 6 yrs old. So growers who planted trees this year should check newly planted trees closely for signs of damage by ambrosia beetles (toothpick-like sawdust tubes sticking out of attack holes…
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COLQUITT COUNTY 2016 Vegetable Production Update Thursday, January 28, 2016 12:00pm – 2:00pm Stormy Sparks, Tim Coolong, and Bhabesh Dutta will be discussing vegetable production for 2016. A sponsored lunch will be provided, please call the Colquitt County Extension Office (229)-616-7455 to register for this meeting.
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Attached is a pdf link to the 2015 Seedless Watermelon Variety Evaluation that Dr. Tim Coolong conducted in Tifton, Ga. This report contains a lot of useful information such as harvest times, total harvests, quality, weights, etc., that allows growers to compare numerous watermelon varieties. If you have any questions about the watermelon variety evaluation please contact the…
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Helminthosporium in Rye Before Christmas Holidays, we looked at a couple of winter rye fields that were having problems with the lower leaves dying on the plants, and the younger leaves exemplifying numerous necrotic spots. These symptoms were caused by a stressed derived pathogen called Helminthosporium. This disease is the causal agent of the leaf…
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2015 Colquitt County Soybean Variety Demonstration Variety Yield Bu/A @ 13.0% Moisture Test Weight LB/Bu Moisture % at Harvest Height at Harvest (Inches) Asgrow 6931 GenRR2Y 63.6 57.6 14.7 35.4 Pioneer 67T25 R2 60.8 57.9 14.7 37.0 Credenz 7070 RY 63.7 58.4 15.0 37.0 Asgrow 7231 GenRR2Y 65.8 57.5 15.2 37.8 Asgrow 6931 GenRR2Y 62.9…
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Colquitt County Extension Upcoming Meetings/Events for 2016 Extension/Other Meetings Date Location 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Thurs.-Sun., Jan. 7-10, 2016 Savannah, Ga Area Melon Production Meeting Fri., Jan 15, 2016 @ 12:00 pm Tift County Extension Office Georgia Peanut Farm Show & Conference Thru., Jan 21, 2016 UGA Tifton Conference Center Ag Forecast…