Cotton
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On October 8th, the 4-D Farm is having an annual field day from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There will be livestock and virtual fencing demo’s, farm management updates, and updates from the Emerging Technology Development Sites (ETDS). To learn more about the 4-D Farm, see the website for more information or the flyer below!…
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The annual Cotton/Peanut Research Field Day will be on September 2, 2026 in Tifton at the UGA Lang Farm. At this field day, you will get to hear from several of UGA’s Extension Specialists and Researchers about physiology, peanut pathology, cotton fertility, precision ag, and economics. We hope to see you there, and please see…
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By Wesley M. Porter As we move through August and into September, as is typical we have observed adverse weather conditions across the state. In some places, we have been receiving rainfall on an as needed basis to allow us to apply minimal irrigation, however, there are other parts of the state that we cannot…
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By: Ross Greene, Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent and Wesley Porter, Extension Specialist I have received a lot of questions about the best way to manage irrigation during extremely hot conditions. I told someone recently that science tells me one thing intuition tells me another. I think we have to find a balance in between…
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By Sarah Beth Thompson, Bailey Ellison, Wesley Porter Last week, Mr. Ross Greene updated the blog on peanut water demand increasing, and this week we wanted to provide a closer look into cotton as water requirements increase. Based on early to late season planting date ranges, cotton water usage has already started or will start to increase soon. Below we have highlighted a few select planting…
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By David Hall, Jason Mallard, Phillip Edwards, Savannah Beasley, Wesley Porter, Sarah Beth Thompson A few weeks ago, we had our agronomists update on planting considerations for this season’s unseasonal hot and dry conditions. Most of these two articles are included in the May Peanut Pointers and Cotton Team Newsletter, but I have decided to…
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By Dr. Nick Shay (UGA Extension Grains Agronomist), Dr. Scott Monfort (UGA Extension Peanut Agronomist), Dr. Camp Hand (UGA Extension Cotton Agronomist), Nick Gladden (ABAC Precision Ag Specialist) and Dr. Wesley Porter As is typical, we deal with some sort of challenge every production season. It seems, at least at this current moment, our biggest challenge is the extremely dry conditions…
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By: Phillip Edwards, David Hall, Jason Mallard, Sarah Beth Thompson, Wesley Porter As we move into planting season full force and start to need irrigation systems either started up for the first time for application or just to move them out of the way to plant, you may be starting systems that have been sitting dormant…
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By Savannah Beasley, Sarah Beth Thompson, and Wesley Porter We had plenty of cold weather and below freezing temperatures this past winter. The near-term forecast shows that we are mostly out of the freezing temperatures, but you never know what will happen between now and Easter. Ideally, you properly prepared your irrigation systems for the winter and will not have…
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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…