Articles in this month’s issue include: 1. Replacing Nitrogen and Potassium after the June “Red Rains” (Glen Harris) 2. The Flowering Phase of Crop Development (John Snider, Camp Hand, and Josh Lee) 3. Calibrating Nitrogen Side-Dress Applicators (Simer Virk) 4. Pesticide Applications with Spray Drones (Simer Virk) 5. July Mid-Season Cotton Irrigation Considerations (Jason Mallard, David Hall, Phillip Edwards, Daniel …

Henry Sintim, Glendon Harris Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, University of Georgia Nitrogen (N) constitutes 78% of the earth’s atmosphere, and it is present as N2, an inert gas. By conversion, there is 117,000 tons/ac N in the atmosphere [1]. However, plants can not assimilate N in the N2 form, and hence, the need to supply inorganic forms of …

As I am writing this on June 23, the weather is (unfortunately) allowing me to catch up on office work. Since last week, it feels like the weather has been working against us. Between tornadoes and hail, continuous rain, and cool temperatures, it has definitely been a unique year thus far. Although may of us may not be able to …

I have a friend, who is not involved in agriculture per se, who told me he thinks it’s interesting when farmers talk about getting a “red rain”. “You know, when they look at the radar and you got green and yellow and then that heavy red rain”.  Seems like we have gotten a lot of “red rains” across the Georgia …

There was a time in the not so distant past when cotton growers did not need to worry about protecting their crop from leaf diseases.  That time has passed.  Three foliar diseases are expected to affect cotton production in Georgia this year and all of them are likely to become more apparent after the crop begins to bloom, especially as …

County Agents and scouts are reporting higher than normal tarnished plant bug infestations.  Weather conditions and plant bug populations appear to be similar to those we observed in 2021, a year where we estimated over 30 percent of the acreage was treated for plant bugs.  In more normal years we treat about 10-12 percent of cotton for plant bugs.  Irregardless …

Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Years ago, at a county production meeting with growers, I was asked by a producer: “When is the best time of year to buy farm diesel?” In other words, he wanted to know if there is any seasonality to farm diesel fuel prices. Seasonality of prices occurs when there is a time (season) of the year …

Written By: Camp Hand, Assistant Professor and Extension Cotton Agronomist I hope everyone fared well in the weather last night and is safe. At the end of the day, that is all that matters. Just trying to get ahead of this, but there will likely be a good bit of hail damaged cotton across our state after the weather from …

Articles in this month’s issue include: 1. June Mid-Season Irrigation Update (Phillip Edwards, David Hall, Daniel Lyon, Jason Mallard, and Wes Porter) 2. From the Closed Furrow to the First White Bloom: Diseases, Nematodes, and Cotton (Bob Kemerait) 3. Post-planting and Spraying Considerations (Simer Virk) 4. Cotton Aphids and Tarnished Plant Bugs (Phillip Roberts) 5. Managing Late Planted Cotton (Wade …

Georgia cotton growers are starting the 2023 season with a boost from near-record-breaking yields last year. The United States Department of Agriculture released final yield data in late May, confirming the second-highest yields on record, as forecasted by University of Georgia cotton experts in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “Our final number last year was 1,002 pounds per acre,” …

When the Agriculture Committees and their staff begin working on a farm bill, like clockwork, experts from around the country, including us, put out information intended to help inform the process.  Every farm bill cycle, we run across a report or research geared toward the next farm bill that, while what the authors did and said isn’t technically wrong, boy does …

Bangladesh Lifts Fumigation Requirements on U.S. Cotton Following CCI-Sponsored U.S. Cotton Tour  MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A Cotton Council International (CCI)-sponsored Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture Delegation’s U.S. visit from Oct. 30-Nov. 5, 2022, coupled with indispensable efforts by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) office in Dhaka, ultimately convinced the Bangladesh government to relax its nearly-five-decade-long fumigation requirement on U.S. cotton …