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By David Hall, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter This post was developed by David Hall and I appreciate him taking the time to put his thoughts, experiences, and observations from this season into this blog post. After a conversation with a local crop consultant regarding irrigation scheduling, the wheels in my mind really started moving.…
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By Wesley Porter and Amilcar Vargas I know that this only applies to growers located in the Flint River Basin (FRB), but at the same time, it should provide some insight to everyone across the state of what is happening in this region. I probably should have posted all of the information below back in…
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By Kaytlyn Cobb We are excited to announce the very first Field Days at the new UGA Grand Farm site- and you’re invited! These events mark our first public-facing opportunity to open the farm gates and showcase what’s happening here in Perry as we grow Georgia’s AgTech ecosystem. Taking place in conjunction with the Georgia National Fair (October…
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By Nick Gladden, Hannah Grubbs, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter Even though after I had this post together, we finally received rain across most of the state, it still was not enough to have a significant impact on the current conditions. By the time this will be posted, we are expected to receive more…
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By Wesley Porter, Scott Tubbs, John Bennett, Seth McAllister, and Sarah Beth Thompson Unfortunately, we have reached that point in peanut harvest that it has gotten hot and dry for an extended amount of time. This weather can have negative effects on the peanut inversion and harvest process. I have started receiving calls about estimating…
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By Scott Tubbs, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter While we are wrapping up the peanut season, and we have seen many peanuts that have been dug and even harvested across the state, it is important to note that we are not done with the season, and peanuts will require water until they are fully…
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By Wesley Porter, Luke Fuhrer, and Sarah Beth Thompson It is that time of year, when we are defoliating cotton and moving very rapidly into harvest. On most of our new cotton harvesters there is incorporated on-board module weighing systems and, in many cases, yield monitors. While I am putting this into a Blog Post…
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Coming up soon, the JPC Cotton Field Day will be here on September 23, 2025. It will be located at the J. Phill Campbell Sr. Research and Education Center in Watkinsville, GA. Click below for directions: The schedule for the event starts at 8:30 a.m. with check-in, 9:00 a.m. the field day will start, and…
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By Ashley Smith, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter As we discussed last week, we are quickly approaching maturity on peanuts. Now that we are finished(-ing) corn harvest, we should take some time to go through our harvest equipment for peanut and cotton so that we are ready to go when they hit optimum maturity…
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By: Wesley Porter and Sarah Beth Thompson We are now into mid- to late- August and are moving into the end of the season very rapidly. While some of the later planted crops are just reaching peak water requirements, many of the earlier planted cotton and peanuts are moving on closer to maturity. So, similar…