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  • Georgia DNR updates their deer management plan every 5-6 years, and the time for them to update the deer management plan has arrived. As a part of this, they have developed an online survey to gather input (link below). It is rather long, but there are important parts to this survey where I believe you…

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  • Cotton Defoliation

    As growers switch from peanut to cotton keep your mixtures in mind. Each week I am sending an update from Cotton Agronomist, Camp Hand by email. Call if you have questions.

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  • Our UGA Extension Economist – Amanda Smith, has finished the 2023 budgets and the Crop Comparison Tool. You can see all Agriculture budgets at: https://agecon.uga.edu/extension/budgets.html All of the information for budgets and the tool use estimates based off of predictions for 2023. To get the best use of these materials you should download the file…

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  • Pecan Field Day

    For landowners who intend to plant pecan trees this will be a great field day to attend: Date: October 7th Time: 10:00 – 12:00 Location: Vidalia Onion Research Center (8163 Hwy 178 Lyons) Topics Include: Terra-Sorb-UGA Fertilizer Trial Insecticide Drench Trial Pecan Budmoth Efficacy and Timing Trial Drip vs. Micro sprinkler Irrigation Set Up Soil…

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  • Check out the flyers below or clink on the link to get more information on the up-coming Farm Economic programs. The Executive Farm Management Program: https://execfarmmgmt.ces.ncsu.edu/2021-webinar-series/ EFM Boot Camp: https://execfarmmgmt.ces.ncsu.edu/2021-bootcamp-info/

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  • UGA Extension Production Meetings will be held via Zoom this year in light of COVID restrictions. We hope to return to an in-person format in 2022.  Private and Commercial Pesticide Credits will be offered. We will receive information with: zoom links, agendas and pesticide credit info at a later date. Contact our office with your…

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  • Here is the latest info on empty grain bin treatments and grain protectants. 

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  • Hot and dry weather can bring on a myriad of issues for peanut farmers. Right now we are seeing lesser cornstalk borer infestations and they are on the rise. Growers should be scouting for moths, silk tubes at the soil line and caterpillars in their peanut fields.

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  • Peanut seed saved from last year went through a lot of hot and dry weather. This can lead to a build up of pathogens in and on the seed. Good seed treatment and in-furrow fungicide applications can and do help, but sometimes that is not enough.

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