Overall the crop has improved dramatically as indicated by the Georgia Agricultural Statistics Report from earlier this week. While much of the crop looks great from the road, there are wide differences in fruit set. There are also areas in which excess rain has drowned significant acreage. Early planted fields are moving rapidly toward cutout. Boll Weevil Traps.
Traps are critical in the detection of weevil reinfestation.
In fact, traps are the primary means of finding weevils that come from weevil-infested areas or somehow reproduce in eradicated areas. Additionally, traps are only functional when standing. If a trap is accidentally knocked down, please stand it back up. To date insect pressure has been relatively light with the exception of a few localized areas. However, we need not become complacent as insect pressure in a particular field or area may change rapidly.