1. SCC-33 January 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 19 th 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. Variety Evaluation Corn Sorghum Soybean Canola Sunflower Cotton Peanuts Small Grains Summer Annual Forages Winter Annual Forages

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

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