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Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update

Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update Updated

🕔17:31, 8.Sep 2025

Over the past several weeks, we have been in communication with our colleagues in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama who have been battling the two-spotted cotton leafhopper (TSCL), also commonly referred to as the cotton jassid. The two-spotted cotton

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Rice Delphacid

Rice Delphacid Updated

🕔18:51, 6.Sep 2025

Rice delphacid is a non-native planthopper pest of rice.  This insect has occurred in the rice growing area of Southeast Texas since ca. 2015. It has been a sporadic problem in second crop or ratoon rice in this area.  During

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Heliothine Trap Catches, September 5, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, September 5, 2025 Updated

🕔17:34, 5.Sep 2025

The season is winding down, but corn earworm moths are still relatively abundant in the environment. Most crops are beyond susceptible growth stages, but there are still some late beans that can be damaged by corn earworm. This week’s moth

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Heliothine Trap Catches, August 29, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 29, 2025 Updated

🕔09:39, 29.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth trap catches were similar to last week and about average for this time of year. Tobacco budworm moths in the 3 Delta counties that have been catching numerous moths this year dropped this week.

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Bugcast: What To Do As the Season Winds Down

Bugcast: What To Do As the Season Winds Down Updated

🕔13:14, 26.Aug 2025

  Don and Tyler visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for one last Bugcast for the year.  They team up to break down the final push of insect pressure as the growing season winds down. From stink bugs in

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Heliothine Trap Catches, August 21, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 21, 2025 Updated

🕔07:08, 21.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth catches remained similar to last week and about average for this time of year. Tobacco budworm moth trap catches continued to be higher than normal in 3 Delta counties, but largely absent at all other trapping locations.

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Podcast: Postharvest Soil Testing and Next Year’s Fertility Blueprint

Podcast: Postharvest Soil Testing and Next Year’s Fertility Blueprint Updated

🕔08:09, 19.Aug 2025

Bobby Golden visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to begin a discussion of soil testing and fertility programs for 2026.  As combines roll out of the fields, it’s time to shift gears from harvest to the foundations of 2026.  Bobby, Jason,

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Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/16/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/16/2025 Updated

🕔17:09, 15.Aug 2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program Week Ending August 9, 2025 County Traps Reporting Total Reported Avg/Trap Maximum/Trap Alcorn 3 0 0 0 Copiah 3 0 0 0 Lowndes 2 0 0 0 Madison 3 1 0.33 1 Marshall 2 0

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Heliothine Trap Catches, August 14, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 14, 2025 Updated

🕔06:35, 14.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth trap catches were similar to the previous week and about average for this time of year. As has been true for several weeks, tobacco budworm moth trap catches were high in Leflore county but average to low in

Read Full Article
Podcast: Postharvest and Prevented Planting Weed Control Strategies

Podcast: Postharvest and Prevented Planting Weed Control Strategies Updated

🕔09:23, 13.Aug 2025

Catch this week’s episode for weed control strategies in late summer and early fall. Tom Eubank visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to brainstorm ideas on weed control during late summer and into fall.  Whether it’s postharvest in corn

Read Full Article
Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update

Two-Spotted Cotton Leafhopper / Cotton Jassid Update Updated

🕔17:31, 8.Sep 2025

Over the past several weeks, we have been in communication with our colleagues in Florida, South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama who have been battling the two-spotted cotton leafhopper (TSCL), also commonly referred to as the cotton jassid. The two-spotted cotton

Read Full Article
Rice Delphacid

Rice Delphacid Updated

🕔18:51, 6.Sep 2025

Rice delphacid is a non-native planthopper pest of rice.  This insect has occurred in the rice growing area of Southeast Texas since ca. 2015. It has been a sporadic problem in second crop or ratoon rice in this area.  During

Read Full Article
Heliothine Trap Catches, September 5, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, September 5, 2025 Updated

🕔17:34, 5.Sep 2025

The season is winding down, but corn earworm moths are still relatively abundant in the environment. Most crops are beyond susceptible growth stages, but there are still some late beans that can be damaged by corn earworm. This week’s moth

Read Full Article
Heliothine Trap Catches, August 29, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 29, 2025 Updated

🕔09:39, 29.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth trap catches were similar to last week and about average for this time of year. Tobacco budworm moths in the 3 Delta counties that have been catching numerous moths this year dropped this week.

Read Full Article
Bugcast: What To Do As the Season Winds Down

Bugcast: What To Do As the Season Winds Down Updated

🕔13:14, 26.Aug 2025

  Don and Tyler visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for one last Bugcast for the year.  They team up to break down the final push of insect pressure as the growing season winds down. From stink bugs in

Read Full Article
Heliothine Trap Catches, August 21, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 21, 2025 Updated

🕔07:08, 21.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth catches remained similar to last week and about average for this time of year. Tobacco budworm moth trap catches continued to be higher than normal in 3 Delta counties, but largely absent at all other trapping locations.

Read Full Article
Podcast: Postharvest Soil Testing and Next Year’s Fertility Blueprint

Podcast: Postharvest Soil Testing and Next Year’s Fertility Blueprint Updated

🕔08:09, 19.Aug 2025

Bobby Golden visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to begin a discussion of soil testing and fertility programs for 2026.  As combines roll out of the fields, it’s time to shift gears from harvest to the foundations of 2026.  Bobby, Jason,

Read Full Article
Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/16/2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/16/2025 Updated

🕔17:09, 15.Aug 2025

Southwestern Corn Borer Trapping Program Week Ending August 9, 2025 County Traps Reporting Total Reported Avg/Trap Maximum/Trap Alcorn 3 0 0 0 Copiah 3 0 0 0 Lowndes 2 0 0 0 Madison 3 1 0.33 1 Marshall 2 0

Read Full Article
Heliothine Trap Catches, August 14, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, August 14, 2025 Updated

🕔06:35, 14.Aug 2025

Bollworm moth trap catches were similar to the previous week and about average for this time of year. As has been true for several weeks, tobacco budworm moth trap catches were high in Leflore county but average to low in

Read Full Article
Podcast: Postharvest and Prevented Planting Weed Control Strategies

Podcast: Postharvest and Prevented Planting Weed Control Strategies Updated

🕔09:23, 13.Aug 2025

Catch this week’s episode for weed control strategies in late summer and early fall. Tom Eubank visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to brainstorm ideas on weed control during late summer and into fall.  Whether it’s postharvest in corn

Read Full Article

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