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Bob Kemerait

Bob Kemerait

Plant Pathologist, University of Georgia

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Realistic hopes in a peanut field Realistic hopes in a peanut field

Jun 21, 2024

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Why apply fungicides on peanuts but hesitate on other crops?Why apply fungicides on peanuts but hesitate on other crops?

May 31, 2024

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Diseases: Cutting costs without cutting yields

Diseases: Cutting costs without cutting yields

Crop Protection

Call the right play for diseases, nematodes this season

Call the right play for diseases, nematodes this season

Crop diseases: What to know about El Niño before planting

Crop diseases: What to know about El Niño before planting

Man watches peanut harvest.

5 actions now to manage diseases, nematodes for next season

5 actions now to manage diseases, nematodes for next season

There’s more to a fungicide program than the fungicides

There’s more to a fungicide program than the fungicides

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When being “tough” may be too much

When being “tough” may be too much

Farmer Glenn Heard of Decatur County, Ga., left, and farmer Jimmy Webb of Calhoun County, Ga.

I asked successful farmers two questions

I asked successful farmers two questions

Dug up corn seedling in hand.

Nematodes, La Niña and one chance

Nematodes, La Niña and one chance

Upside down peanuts in flooded field

Myths some peanut growers accept as facts

Myths some peanut growers accept as facts

Tactics and tools to curtail losses to diseases and nematodes in 2023

Tactics and tools to curtail losses to diseases and nematodes in 2023

Dose of good news: Growers stayed on top of diseases in 2022

Dose of good news: Growers stayed on top of diseases in 2022

Farmers may not fully know the power of their voices

Farmers may not fully know the power of their voices

Cotton boll rot humbles me

Cotton boll rot humbles me

Farming Equipment

Peanuts badly hit by tomato spotted wilt. Why?

Peanuts badly hit by tomato spotted wilt. Why?

Warmer and drier winter affected 2022 crops in many ways

Warmer and drier winter affected 2022 crops in many ways

Tillage and what they left behind

Tillage and what they left behind

The year of stunted corn

The year of stunted corn

Manage diseases without losing yield

Manage diseases without losing yield

Important points at in-person county Extension meetings

Important points at in-person county Extension meetings

Conservation & Sustainability

Cover crops can reduce diseases and nematodes

Cover crops can reduce diseases and nematodes

Growing cotton around high-traffic locales

Growing cotton around high-traffic locales

Peanut fungicides: Plan for decreased availability, increased cost

Peanut fungicides: Plan for decreased availability, increased cost

Fungicides, diseases (and rural landscapes) change

Fungicides, diseases (and rural landscapes) change

5 things an Extension specialist may say when visiting your field

5 things an Extension specialist may say when visiting your field

Attracting young and talented to an ag career isn't easy

Attracting young and talented to an ag career isn't easy

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The inevitable questions on row crop diseases

The inevitable questions on row crop diseases

This roof problem reminds me of a fungicide program

This roof problem reminds me of a fungicide program

Tough farming and finding a fist full of field marbles

Tough farming and finding a fist full of field marbles

Time to deal with aflatoxin in peanuts, and this is why

Time to deal with aflatoxin in peanuts, and this is why

9 Extension specialists give top takeaway messages from winter meets

9 Extension specialists give top takeaway messages from winter meets

4 reasons why recommendations can vary

4 reasons why recommendations can vary

I'm obsessed with nematodes

I'm obsessed with nematodes

southern corn rust

7 crop disease basics that matter

7 crop disease basics that matter

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