by Daniel J. Leonard | Aug 12, 2022
Many Panhandle hunters and wildlife enthusiasts put a good bit of time, money, and sweat into growing cool-season food plots to feed and attract deer. I count myself among you. However, if you want to maximize your property’s wildlife and environmental benefits,...
by Libbie Johnson | Aug 12, 2022
It’s early August, and the peanuts are looking pretty in Santa Rosa County from all the rain we’ve received. Driving around last Friday, I stopped in a peanut field to visit with a grower about TSWV, and we noticed a lot of birds in the field.Cow...
by external | Aug 12, 2022
Dr. Mark Abney, UGA Peanut Entomologist An NGO group is currently petitioning the US EPA to revoke all food use tolerances for the organophosphate class of chemistry. In peanut this means phorate (Thimet) and acephate (Orthene). This is not a good situation....
by external | Aug 12, 2022
Don Shurley, UGA Professor Emeritus of Cotton Economics Prices have recovered, it’s not yet as high a recovery as we hope for, but we’re currently up over 10 cents from the low. = Prices seem to be “wobbling” mostly between 90 and 96 waiting for more definitive...
by Libbie Johnson | Aug 5, 2022
On a beautiful August morning, I spent some time in a dryland cotton field at the corner of Highway 197 and Highway 89 in Santa Rosa County, and felt very welcomed by the local farmers via the multitude of honks and waves. I’m guessing some of you might...
by Doug Mayo | Aug 5, 2022
This week’s featured video highlights a relatively new technology being studied for weed control in late season crop weed escapes. The Weed Zapper Annihilator uses a front mounted 3-point hitch bar to pass electricity through weeds above the crop canopy, with a...
