This past week has been great for cotton and peanut harvest. The Sunbelt Ag Expo was held and the weather was great. Below is the latest Drought Monitor map and 5.11% of Colquitt County is experiencing abnormally dry conditions.
Cotton Defoliation Recipes for the week from Dr. Hand:
12 oz/acre tribufos (Folex/Def) (OR a PPO herbicide) +
42 oz/acre ethephon (Prep/Super Boll/Setup) – assuming there are still bolls to open
OR
6-8 oz/acre Ginstar/Cutout/Adios +
42 oz/acre ethephon (Prep/Super Boll/Setup)- assuming there are still bolls to open
It is time to pull nematode samples in your cotton fields!
I got a question or two last week about pulling nematode samples in cotton fields. Here is a link to past blog post on this subject.
2026 Profitability Forecasts of Georgia’s Row Crop Sector
Written by Yangxuan Liu, October 16, 2026
Conditions in 2026 have created significant financial challenges for Georgia row crop producers. Sharp increases in fertilizer and energy costs immediately before planting and throughout the growing season, compounded by severe drought conditions during planting across Georgia, have placed substantial pressure on farm profitability. For some producers, projected crop revenues have become insufficient to cover even variable production costs, prompting decisions to leave farmland fallow rather than plant. Such decisions have been relatively uncommon in Georgia row crop production in recent years and indicate a particularly concerning level of financial stress within the agricultural sector. READ MORE
Source : uga.edu