Drs. Wes Porter and Phillip Roberts and Sarah Hobby discuss planting progress and dialing in planters for current conditions as well as early season insect pest management.

Drs. Camp Hand, Henry Sintim, Wes Porter, Bob Kemerait, and Phillip Roberts join Sarah Hobby in the podcast studio on the UGA Tifton Campus to discuss planting conditions and at-plant decisions to be made.  Topics include planter setup and seeding rates, fertility including starter fertilizers, poultry litter and side-dress timings as well as the importance of Potassium.  Nematodes and disease management, thrips management and the Thrips Infestation Predictor Model, and thoughts on management of conventional cotton are also discussed.

Drs. Wes Porter, Phillip Roberts, Bob Kemerait and Camp Hand discuss early season considerations with respect to planter and irrigation setup, thrips management, nematode and seedling disease considerations, and other topics pertinent to the early part of the 2025 growing season. 

Dr. Culpepper discusses new products for 2025, ESA requirements for newly labeled herbicides, utilizing integrated weed management tactics, and the dicamba situation (prior to Christmas). 

Dr. Porter discusses considerations for irrigation scheduling and trying to make the most of inputs in 2025.

Dr. Taylor Singleton discusses updates on sustainability and pesticide stewardship for the 2025 growing season. 

Dr. Bob Kemerait discusses updates for 2025 surrounding nematode and disease management.

Dr. Phillip Roberts discusses updates for 2025, largely revolving around tarnished and clouded plant bugs and their management moving forward in Georgia. 

Dr. Camp Hand discusses updates for 2025 including variety selection, CLRDV-induced bronze wilt, PGR management of modern cotton varieties, seeding rates, and deer research in cotton. 

Dr. Camp Hand introduces a series of episodes provided by the UGA Cotton Team, which will be updates going into 2025. These episodes will be released as county production meetings are ongoing, but they are not intended to replace production meetings. We look forward to seeing everyone in the counties from now until the first part of March!