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Guide Helps Commercial Vegetable Growers |
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Reduced Peanut Yields Could
Increase Market Prices |
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| Cattlemen
Sweat Out Summer Problems |
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| Reducing
Insect Problems In Fall Commercial Vegetables |
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| Georgia
Could Experience A Wet Winter |
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| Small
Guide Helps Commercial Vegetable Growers |
1:22 |
Finding solutions to diseases
in commercial vegetables can be as simple as reaching into your
pocket. |
Commercial vegetable production
continues to grow at a steady pace in Georgia. But vegetable
farmers still face a tough challenge from several diseases.
To help farmers and home gardeners fight off diseases, scientists
with the University of Georgia's College of Agricultural and
Environmental Sciences developed a new disease and condition
guide. The pocket-size guide has fifty-five pages of vegetable
disease descriptions, complete with photographs, according to
Glenn Beard, a county extension agent in Colquitt County. "Because
it has over 125 various types of diseases, pictures of diseases
and also other types of conditions that the vegetables may have
including nutrient deficiencies and herbicide residue issues
and that sort of thing." Glenn Beard with the University of
Georgia's College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Growers that want more information of the disease and condition
guide commercial vegetables should contact their local county
extension office. Or visit the cooperative extension web site
at www.ugaextension.com. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Reduced
Peanut Yields Could Increase Market Prices |
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There may be some positive
benefits from this year's reduced peanut crop. |
Hot, dry weather across
the peanut belt this summer withered away hopes of a bumper
crop. Farmers are never happy when they face a yield loss. But
an agricultural economist with the University of Georgia's College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says the smaller
crop will also reduce the large surplus of peanuts. Cutting
into that surplus could improve market prices for farmers. "Combination
of reduced acres and reduced yield is going to knock the surplus
down forty to fifty percent right now, based on U.S.D.A. projections,
and folks in the field and what they're seeing. We're hoping
that from producers standpoint that the prices will improve
even here at harvest." That was Nathan Smith with the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. If current predictions
hold, the surplus that started this year will decrease to what
it was about two years ago, near 500,000 tons. That's still
a large surplus, but down enough where prices could also improve
for the 2007 peanut crop. John Harrell, University of Georgia
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting
from Tifton. |
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| Cattlemen
Sweat Out Summer Problems |
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Cattlemen in Georgia have felt
the hot, dry wrath of Mother Nature this summer. |
As drought conditions baked
pastures, cattlemen were sweating out trying to make sure their
cows had enough to eat. But in late August and September, scattered
thunderstorms brought relief to some pastures across the state.
Johnny Rossi, an animal scientist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says despite
this encouraging development, time is running out to cut hay.
"If we can get some more rain the rest of this month hopefully
producers can also get another pretty good cutting of hay about
the first of October. After that the grass is pretty much going
to go dormant so whatever they make in the next three or four
weeks is all they're going to have for the winter." Johnny Rossi
with the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences,
who adds cattlemen also had a tough fight with armyworms marching
in and damaging pastures. The university animal scientist also
says there's a good chance cattle producers will plant more
forages like oats, rye, and some wheat for cows to graze this
winter. Most cattlemen are hoping the hay they stored will hold
out, and mother nature will provide a mild winter, so cows won't
get hungry and cold. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Reducing
Insect Problems In Fall Commercial Vegetables |
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Commercial vegetable growers
need to stay on high alert, so insect pests won't move in and
take over their crops. |
When the weather starts
a fall cool down, commercial vegetable farmers also chill out,
as they work with turnips, cabbage, broccoli, and other cool
season crops. But an entomologist with the University of Georgia's
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences says several
insect pests also want to go to work in those vegetables. Once
they move in, they can cause a lot of problems. "Those would
be the silver leaf white fly, and in the cucurbit crops, pickle
worm. And they are fairly unique to the fall crops in our area
they can be very severe problems for us. But we can manage them
if we keep our eyes open and get ahead of the game on those
two." That was Stormy Sparks with the College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, who adds chemicals are on the market
that will control these insect pests. But commercial vegetable
producers will have to do their part. The university scientist
recommends scouting vegetable fields two or three times a week,
so growers will know the specific insects causing the problems,
and treat with the right chemical. Constant scouting will also
let growers know if the treatments are providing effective control.
John Harrell, University of Georgia College of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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| Georgia
Could Experience A Wet Winter |
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Early forecast models indicate
Georgia could experience a cool, wet winter in 2007. |
2006 has been a dry year
across the state. Drought conditions this summer burned away
prospects of good crops. But the state climatologist and professor
of engineering at the University of Georgia says a weak El Nino
has developed in the tropical waters of the Pacific Ocean. He
adds when an El Nino develops, it increases the chances of a
cool, wet winter for the state. "What this means for Georgia
is traditionally, under El Nino, winters are wetter than normal.
They also have a tendency to be cooler, and that cooler than
normal is a little misleading in that it is the average that
is cooler does not necessarily mean that we will have extreme
cold outbreaks. So right now for winter it looks like a cool,
wet winter, probably not very much swing in temperatures." That
was David Stooksbury, the state climatologist and professor
of engineering at the University of Georgia, who adds the El
Nino that has developed is not like some of the strong El Nino's
in recent years that brought extreme weather conditions, and
caused a lot of destruction in parts of the world. Be even a
weak El Nino has the potential to make the upcoming winter months
wet across the state. John Harrell, University of Georgia College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, reporting from Tifton. |
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