Commercial Vegetables Resources
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SB 28-34
Vegetables
RevisedCommercial insect and weed control in vegetables. Updated annually.
Saumik Basu, Stanley Culpepper, Alton N Sparks, Timothy Coolong, Bhabesh Dutta, Intiaz Amin Chowdhury, and Taylor Randell Singleton
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This practical handbook provides basic answers about insects affecting vegetables in Georgia. The content is ideal for pest managers, farmers, Master Gardeners, and integrated pest management students in the Southeastern U.S.
David G Riley and Alton N Sparks
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This comprehensive resource was fully revised in 2025-26 and represents the latest information available on the commercial production of short-day onions in south Georgia.
Ted McAvoy, Timothy Coolong, Christopher Todd Tyson, Daniel L. Jackson, Alton N Sparks, Bhabesh Dutta, Stanley Culpepper, Angelos Deltsidis, Laurel Dunn, Esendugue Greg Fonsah, and Guy Hancock
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AP 130-4-11
2026 Vegetables and Pulses Outlook
The key points for 2026 are: Total vegetable harvested area will continue to decrease in 2026, but the value will continue to grow because of the increase in yields caused by good agricultural practices, research, and extension support to growers; vegetable prices will continue to be noisy, but the consumer price index will remain strong in 2026; and although per capita consumption of vegetables took a hit, probably the lowest in the past decade, consumption is expected to bounce back in 2026.
Esendugue Greg Fonsah
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Growing vegetables as either a part-time or full-time enterprise can be an enjoyable and rewarding experience. Not only can you produce fresh food for your own table, you can provide supplemental income to your family’s budget. While that may sound great, there are several considerations to bear in mind before you jump into this endeavor. Items to consider before becoming a small market grower include time commitment, capital, available resources, licensing, insurance, taxes, and marketing. This publication is intended for general use audiences, including farmers and those considering entering small market vegetable production.
Bob Westerfield
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This publication describes ways to identify and manage cowpea curculio damage in Southern pea.
David G Riley and Alton N Sparks
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This bulletin contains guidelines to determine irrigation scheduling for vegetable production in Georgia. Irrigation scheduling varies with water management and growers may require different technologies to properly manage water application. This information is supplied to help irrigation managers schedule and operate irrigation systems to optimal capacity, applying water precisely to the crop for maximum effectiveness and high efficiency.
Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez and Timothy Coolong
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Soil fumigants alone or in combination with nonfumigant nematicides can provide vegetable growers effective and reliable control of plant-parasitic nematodes, profitable yield and product quality, and increased profits. Treating soil with fumigant nematicides has been very beneficial to vegetable growers in Georgia, but environmental concerns may restrict the broad usage of these products. Telone II has been an important nematode management tool for the field production of many vegetable crops. Vegetable growers will have very limited options if soil fumigants, in particular Telone II, are no longer available. The development of new effective and environmentally safe nonfumigant nematicides has reduced the dependency on fumigant nematicides, but the application of fumigants still has great value for growers in Georgia.
Abolfazl Hajihassani
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This resource provides information for producers interested in commercial tomato production, and included information to help improve the profitability of their operations, whether they are new or experienced producers.
Ted McAvoy and Timothy Coolong
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