Although things sound pretty quiet around the peanut belt from a disease standpoint, I would say that we are having a pretty active disease season locally. Most of the peanuts that I see are over 100 days old, with some at 135 days old this week. It seems to me disease control typically starts to …
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Please join us to celebrate a safe and prosperous 2013 Peanut Harvest at the Columbia County Peanut Twilight Tour. The Terry Farmily and UF/IFAS Extension welcome you to join for dinner and a tour of the Peanut Variety Trial. Dr. John Beasley, UGA Extension Peanut Entomologist will be on-hand to discuss the 2013 Peanut Crop and Agronomics. Mr. Tyron Spearman, …
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Updated acreage and predicted crop yield estimates have been released by USDA in the August 12, 2013 Crop Production report. The report can be found here. Crop Production. A national average yield of 3,620 lbs per acre is predicted. Total Production is predicted to be 1.924 million tons from 1.06 million harvested acres. This report DID NOT change the planted/harvested acres from the …
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One of our area farms believes that grain sorghum or milo as some call it, has an excellent fit as a rotation crop in our area. There are excellent local markets available using the grain as bird seed and livestock feed. It is a crop that is well adapted to our growing conditions and our …
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I have been working with the Roosevelt & Travis Dicks Farm here in Columbia County to get their tobacco out of the field and they are helping me to collect yield and quality data for a dozen released varieties. Things are going well on the farm and they are harvesting a high quality crop. However, I am hearing and …
We have been dealing with white mold of peanuts here in Columbia County for several weeks, particularly in early planted peanuts. Dr. Nicholas Dufault, Extension Plant Pathologist recently reported ” We can expect to see more disease with the current environmental conditions throughout Florida. Growers should continue recommended white mold fungicide applications.” Additionally, Dr. Dufault …
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Please Join Us: Agronomic Row Crops Field Day Suwannee Valley Agricultural Extension Center 8202 CR 417, Live Oak, FL 32060 Tuesday, July 30th, 2013 Registration 5:00 pm, Visit with Industry Sponsors Dinner 5:45 pm Field Tour 6:30—8:30 pm Field Tour Topics Slow release fertilizer trials on field corn, Mace Bauer Weed Control …
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A key insect pest is one that often triggers the first insecticidal treatments in a field, and the three-cornered alfalfa hopper (TCAH) apparently has reached that status locally. The first insecticide treatments then influence other pest activities the remainder of the season. Specifically, in this situation, treatment for TCAH eliminates beneficial insects and allows an opportunity for caterpillar pests …
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I have shared some of the observations and activities from area cotton fields in posts this week. The USDA estimates Florida cotton acreage is up 16% from 108,000 acres in 2012 to 125,000 in 2013. The Suwannee Valley area has probably increased from less than 1,000 acres in 2012 to over 5,000 in 2013. Our farmers have rose …
For many of our cotton farmers this is their first year to grow cotton. We have struggled with the challenges of managing Palmer amaranth as they have throughout the cotton belt. Some of this is resistant to herbicides and some is not resistant. We also have a variety of late season weeds and even some like nutsedge …