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Glen Harris

Dr. Glendon Harris is an Extension Agronomist for Environmental Soil and Fertilizer at the University of Georgia (UGA). He is originally from southern New Jersey. He attended both Pennsylvania State University for his undergraduate degree in Horticulture and Michigan State University for his graduate school studies in Crop and Soil Sciences. Harris was brought to Georgia through a post-doctoral position with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). In March of 1994, he began with UGA – Tifton.

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Peanut Irrigation Management Recommendations

Wes Porter, precision ag and irrigation specialist, talks about peanut irrigation management in the 2022 Irrigation and Water Management Guidebook from the May/June, 2022 issue of the Southeastern Peanut Farmer.

In the article, Porter presents several tips and recommendations for farmers that will help them reduce production costs when irrigating while boosting yield.

Photo courtesy of Joy Crosby, Southeastern Peanut Farmer.

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Student Awards 

Savannah Banner (left), M.S. student with Dr. Scott Monfort, placed 1st in the Master’s Oral Presentation Competition at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy.

Macie Wheeler (right), M.S. student with Dr. Scott Monfort, placed 2nd in the Master’s Oral Presentation Competition at the recent annual meeting of the Southern Branch American Society of Agronomy.

Congratulations to these outstanding graduate students!

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UGA Peanut Entomology
Posted on Jun 15, 2022
Time to Scout Peanuts for Lesser Cornstalk Borer
Regardless of whatever else has to be done on the farm in South Georgia over the next fourteen days, one thing that needs to happen is scouting peanut fields for lesser cornstalk borer (LCB). This insect is the most damaging pest of peanut in Georgia; it feeds on stems, pegs,...
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Posted on May 27, 2022
Thrips Injury, TSWV, and the Threat of Lesser Cornstalk Borer
The value of at-plant insecticides for thrips management was readily apparent in UGA trials this week in Tifton. While untreated peanuts were getting hammered (picture on the left below), all of the in-furrow insecticide treatments we are evaluating were holding up pretty good (picture on the right below: phorate treated)....

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