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Ultra Late Corn

Field corn planted behind field corn, second crop, is now about done since we had some temperatures around 28 degrees F last week. Thomas County Agent, Andrew Sawyer, and I looked at some this week...

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Corn Hybrid Yields

The 2012 UGA Corn Performance Tests (Annual Publication 101-4) is now available on the UGA Variety Testing web site: http://www.swvt.uga.edu/ I also have a link to this on the left side of my blog, the...

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30 inch Ultra Late Soybeans

I was watching the harvest of Brantley Broome’s 30 inch Ultra late soybeans last week. These were planted after corn harvest. The field I was in was the last field planted, about August 3rd. The...

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Farm Bill

Here is some farm bill info from Dr Don Shurley, UGA  Extension Ag Economist. Update/Status and provisions of the New Farm Bill. To go to the full presentation click on this link....

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Corn Shortcourse – Tifton, Ga

Here’s a word from Dr. Dewey Lee, Extension Agronomist-Grains, about the upcoming Corn Shortcourse. “I’m excited about this year’s corn short course and annual meeting of the Georgia Corn Growers...

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Seminole County Production Meetings Planned

Seminole County Production Meetings Coming up: January 11, 2013 at 12:00 noon – 2:00p.m. – Corn Production Meeting, Lunch Served Dr. Dewey Lee, UGA Extension Grains Scientist Rome Ethredge, CEC...

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2013 Crop Enterprise Estimates

Here are the 2013 Crop Enterprise estimates form our UGA Extension Ag Economists. This guide is useful in planning for 2013 cropping mix. I increased the peanut price to $400 from the original 380 on...

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Corn Harvest in January?

I was in the field a couple of weeks ago, Jan 10th, to be exact when the 2nd crop of corn was being harvested off of Brandy Trawick Road. The grower noted that the fall crop went pretty well but...

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Georgia Corn Outlook

Dr. Nathan Smith, UGA Extension Ag Economist gives us this up to date corn outlook for Georgia. This first graph shows how the US has had 3 lower production years and the stocks are low.  is

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Corn Planting Time?

Plant corn as soon as temperature and moisture become favorable for seed germination and seedling growth. Soil temperature in the seed zone should be 55 degrees F or greater before planting. Corn seed...

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Corn Planting to Get going after it dries off some

Very little corn has been planted, but after we get some drying it will be prime time, if soil temperatures stay up. On the Georgiaweather.net web site you can see that the 2 inch soil temperature has...

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Counter/Herbicide Interactions in Field Corn

It is very important to remember that if you want/need to use an in-furrow application of the insecticide/nematicide, Counter 20G, you cannot use certain herbicides. Dr Eric Prostko, UGA Extension Weed...

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Corn Herbicides, Growth Stages to Apply

Here are the Corn growth stages when herbicides are labeled for use in Georgia. Thanks to Dr. Eric Prostko, UGA Extension Weed Scientist for this info. It was intended to be put into the Pest Control...

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Corn Spacing in the Row

I like this chart to use when setting up the corn planters and checking behind them for seed spacing in the row. It comes from the 2013 UGA Corn production Guide that has a lot of good info in it. You...

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Corn Going into the Ground

Corn planting is going on in a big way in Seminole County. Several hundred acres have been planted this week. Some folks are planning on getting started next week . Some watering is going on that...

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Question of the Week – Corn Dryer

Last week I had a photo of the inside of a corn dryer. It’s best to go ahead and get corn harvested when the moisture is above 20 percent and get it in the dryer to dry it down with air and heat in a...

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Corn Planting Slowed

Corn planting was slowed this week by the rainfall of 1.5 to 2 inches. Thankfully soils are now warmer, mid to high 50′s at the 2 inch level, and that helps our feelings about getting it up and growing...

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Corn Shining in the Rows

Corn is coming up well now with better soil temperatures and a little less rain. We are however getting lots of intermittent rain that is causing some washing in newly plowed and planted fields. See...

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Late Cold Spring Frost

We had a late frost this week. Our normal last frost date is March 14, but we had frost this week on March 27th. See the numbers below from our weather station here in Donalsonville. It got down to...

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Hard crusty Soil

Corn that is just coming up or that will soon be emerging needs a light irrigation in almost every case I looked at yesterday. Recent rains and drying winds caused a hard crust in most fields. To...

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