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SCC-33 January 26-29 2010

SCC-33 January 26-29 2010. Statewide Variety Testing Program The University of Georgia. Overview of Agriculture in Georgia. Square Miles 58,000 Total Acres 37 million Acres in Farms 10.5 million 19 th in U.S. in no. of farms(48,000) Farm Income > 8 billion $(crops and livestock.

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SCC-33 January 26-29 2010

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  1. SCC-33January 26-29 2010 Statewide Variety Testing Program The University of Georgia

  2. Overview of Agriculture in Georgia • Square Miles 58,000 • Total Acres 37 million • Acres in Farms 10.5 million • 19th in U.S. in no. of farms(48,000) • Farm Income > 8 billion $(crops and livestock

  3. Ranking in Crop Production • No. 1 Peanuts • Pecans • Rye • Onions(Vidalia) • No. 2 Cotton • Cucumber • Snap Beans

  4. Ranking in Crop Production(continued) • No. 3 Cantaloupe • Sweet Corn • Peaches • Watermelons • No. 6 Tobacco

  5. Ranking in Crop Production(continued • No. 9 Livestock(1.2 million head) • 18 All commodities • 21 Crops

  6. Major Land Resource Areas in Georgia

  7. Test Locations Bainbridge

  8. Information Needed • Variety Performance • Pest Resistance • Regional Data • Fast Delivery

  9. Crops In Program:Summer and Winter

  10. VarietyEvaluation Corn Sorghum Soybean Canola Sunflower Cotton Peanuts Small Grains Summer Annual Forages Winter Annual Forages

  11. Small grain Wheat Barley Oat Rye Triticale Canola Small Grain Forages Wheat Oat Rye Ryegrass Winter Crops

  12. Trial Design • Four replications • RCB arrangement • Two-Four row plots/crop • 30/36-inch row spacing • Seed per linear foot/crop • Plot length 20/40’/crop

  13. Varietal Screening (Pest Resistance) • Corn Virus(MCD,MDM) Youmans • Corn Insect Resistance Krakowsky • Soybean Cyst Nematode Hussey • Soybean Root-Knot Nematode Boerma • Soybean Stem Canker Phillips • Soybean Asian Rust Phillips • Sorghum Insect Resistance Ni • Soybean Disease Complex Phillips

  14. Reporting and Publishing Information • Field Crops Performance Soybean,Sorghum,Peanut,Cotton • Small Grain Performance • Corn Performance • Canola Performance • Internet

  15. UGA Web Pages Variety Test Results www.swvt.uga.edu 1997-2009

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