by external | Apr 29, 2022
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Oat Rust We are seeing some rust disease in oats now and it can be serious. Here are Dr. Alfredo Martinez’s comments, “Crown/leaf rust, caused by the fungal pathogen Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, is...
by external | Apr 22, 2022
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist – White Wheat Grain Heads There are at least three reasons why we are seeing some white wheat grain heads in the field this week: insects, freeze damage, fusarium head blight. Each one is discussed below...
by external | Mar 25, 2022
Rome Ethredge – UGA Interim Grains and Soybean Agronomist Corn Corn affected by cold is growing out of it in deep southwest Georgia where we had 4 hours of freezing temperatures 12 days ago with a low of 28.7 degrees F. It was colder as you went north and...
by external | Dec 10, 2021
Mark Warren, UF/IFAS Extension Levy County Agriculture Agent Farmers across North Florida are expressing concern about high and rising fertilizer costs as they look to the upcoming season. While there isn’t much that we can offer in terms of supply chain issues and...
by external | Oct 15, 2021
Rome Ethredge, Interim UGA Grains and Soybean Agronomist, and Dewey Lee, Professor-retired, University of Georgia Wheat can be an excellent off-season crop to supplement income for row crop farms. It can also provide the numerous conservation benefits...
by Doug Mayo | Apr 16, 2021
This week’s featured video was a historic Encyclopedia Britannica short film stored on the Charlie Dean Archives YouTube channel. The 13-minute film shares a year in the life of a Kansas farm family in 1956. They faced a number of challenges each year, but...
