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Storing Harvested Corn and what to Expect from High-Moisture Corn

🕔11:45, 11.Sep 2013

Numerous questions have come in over the past few weeks regarding proper grain storage. Maintaining moisture below 15% is extremely important to reduce the likelihood of fungal growth. However, not all fungi that develop on harvested grain are problematic and toxin production is not something that can occur overnight. Even though fungi such as Aspergillus flavus can produce a green fungal growth on harvested grain not all fungi that grow on grain can be considered to be A. flavus.

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Crop Market Update – Aug 16, 2013

🕔15:28, 17.Aug 2013

Cereal Grains & Soybeans (by: Brian Williams) Two bullish reports this week have helped boost prices for corn and soybeans. While many analysts were expecting an increase in corn production in this month’s World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE), USDA

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August Supply and Demand Report Recap

🕔23:30, 12.Aug 2013

Soybeans Soybeans also saw bullish news in the August WASDE report. Both planted and harvested acres were revised down by half a million acres from last month’s projections. Soybean yields were also revised down by 1.9 bu/acre to 42.6 bu/acre.

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Market Update – Aug 9, 2013

🕔15:13, 10.Aug 2013

Cereal Grains & Soybeans Prices continued their downward slide for corn and wheat this week. Favorable weather has helped to keep new crop corn and soybean conditions rated 60-65% good or excellent. Meanwhile, many producers continue to empty grain bins

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Corn Disease Update and Late Fungicide Suggestions: July 19, 2013

🕔10:10, 19.Jul 2013

Corn fungicide questions continue to be made even in situations where corn has reached dent. In general, making a fungicide application at dent or later corn growth stages only pays off if excessive disease pressure is observed prior to the fungicide application being made. Moreover, making a fungicide application to a foliar disease tolerant hybrid will likely not pay off since the genes present in the hybrid should be relied on for preventing yield loss as a result of foliar disease.

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MSU-DREC Corn & Soybean Field Day July 18, 2013

🕔14:37, 12.Jul 2013

The Delta Research and Extension Center will host their annual Corn & Soybean Field Day on July 18, 2013. This year’s event promises to have even more learning opportunities for producers and agricultural professionals.

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July Supply and Demand Report Recap

🕔15:57, 11.Jul 2013

Soybeans The 2013/14 crop saw a few changes from last month’s report should be considered slightly bearish even as the market moved higher. Planted acres were revised up 0.6 million acres from last month to reflect the June Acreage report. Harvested acres

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Southern Corn Rust Detected in MS Corn Crop

🕔20:37, 5.Jul 2013

Extremely low levels of southern corn rust were observed in a single corn field in Humphreys County on Tuesday afternoon. Southern rust can be a devastating disease if left unchecked and when conducive conditions prevail (hot, humid environment).

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How long will we need to Irrigate this Corn Crop?

🕔00:32, 5.Jul 2013

This season’s corn crop is generally much later than normal and far behind the pace of last year’s crop. Thus, even the earliest fields will need additional irrigation or rainfall for several more weeks. This article discusses crop progress and methods to schedule and terminate irrigation water for corn.

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Audio: Southwestern Corn Borer Numbers High in Some Areas

🕔17:05, 28.Jun 2013

Southwestern corn borer traps picking up in several areas in state.

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Corn Foliar Disease Update: June 26, 2013

🕔16:30, 26.Jun 2013

Corn diseases continue to be a hot topic throughout the MS corn production area. Most field calls have been regarding common rust as well as northern corn leaf blight. However, over the past two weeks numerous calls regarding nutrient and irrigation stresses have been answered that were initially thought to be disease. In addition, with the recent information from Louisiana regarding the observation of Goss’s wilt in LA (a rare event in their production system) agriculturists should know that disease as well as crop stresses can be initially misdiagnosed as diseases that are not normally present in our production system such as Goss’s wilt.

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Automatic Tassel (VT) Fungicide Applications in Corn: Should You be Doing One?

🕔08:24, 15.Jun 2013

Automatic foliar fungicide applications are still widely discussed. However, data from university-based programs suggests waiting for foliar diseases that could ultimately reduce yield before making a foliar fungicide application is more economically advantageous.

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June Supply and Demand Report Recap

🕔15:58, 14.Jun 2013

The United States Department of Agriculture along with the World Ag Outlook Board released their monthly World Agriculutral Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report June 12 around lunch. The report is the second to provide insight on USDA’s projections for the 2013

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Crop Market Update: Week Ending June 14, 2013

🕔15:56, 14.Jun 2013

Monday’s crop progress had corn planting at 95% complete, just 3% behind the 5-year average. Soybeans are still behind schedule with planting progress currently at 71% for the U.S. crop and 88% for the Mississippi crop. That compares to 5

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How to Tell Northern Corn Leaf Blight Apart from Urea Burn or Some Other Malady

🕔21:21, 12.Jun 2013

Numerous reports of urea injury producing symptoms similar to northern corn leaf blight have been made over the past several weeks. Determining the difference between the two issues on a corn leaf can be difficult. Numerous photos as well as a comparison table of the differences between the two issues are included in the post.

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Corn Disease Update: June 7, 2013, and Specific Information Regarding Northern Corn Leaf Blight

🕔08:03, 8.Jun 2013

Northern corn leaf blight and common rust continue to be identified in corn fields throughout the south Delta. Determining the specific corn hybrids planted in each field is an important first step every season. For the most part, save for a couple of fields, NCLB has still been detected at extremely low levels (= 1 lesion per leaf per plant).

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Crop Market Update: Week Ending Jun 07, 2013

🕔15:59, 7.Jun 2013

Monday’s crop progress had corn planting at 91% complete, just 4% behind the 5-year average. Soybeans are still behind schedule with planting progress currently at 57% for the U.S. crop and 74% for the Mississippi crop. That compares to 5

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The Tassel Shot: What is the Best Timing?

🕔23:25, 4.Jun 2013

More and more growers are applying various management inputs around tassel stage in order to improve efficiency and corn productivity. This article discusses how crop physiology affects the potential yield response and appropriate timing.

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Labeled Fungicides for Corn Disease Management

🕔16:42, 31.May 2013

Several people have asked about a list of fungicides and the specific diseases they may manage best. Included in this post is a table that has been put together by the Corn Disease Working Group of fungicides and how they respond in environments with specific diseases in efficacy trials from throughout the U.S.

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How will rainfall impact seed treatments in soybeans, rice, cotton, and other crops?

How will rainfall impact seed treatments in soybeans, rice, cotton, and other crops?

🕔19:54, 24.May 2013

With all of the rainfall that we have had around most of the state, there have been a lot of questions about the impact on seed treatments. In general, most of the seed treatments that are being used in all crops are water soluble. Typical levels of rainfall should not have a negative impact on the efficacy of seed treatments, but excessive rainfall may.

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Early Season Corn Diseases and Non-disease Observations

🕔17:32, 24.May 2013

Several common diseases have been observed in the MS corn crop over the past week. Common rust and northern corn leaf blight are typical diseases in corn and are likely the result this early in the season due to the cooler than normal temperatures and ample rainfall we’ve received over the past month. But, with the generally atypical environment we’ve experienced this season the likelihood of more non-typical foliar diseases occurring is potentially increased. Proper diagnosis prior to a management decision is therefore increasingly important.

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2013 Scout Schools Set

🕔13:55, 22.May 2013

The 2013 Scout School dates have been set. The first will be June 4th from 9:00 a.m -12:00 p.m. at the Delta Research and Extension Center in the auditorium of the main building. The last one will be on the main campus of Mississippi State University in the Clay Lyle Entomology Building conference room.

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Crop Progress & Condition Report 5/19/2013

Crop Progress & Condition Report 5/19/2013

🕔07:43, 22.May 2013

According to the National Agricultural Statistics Service in Mississippi, there were 4.5 days suitable for fieldwork for the week ending Sunday, May 19, 2013. Favorable conditions allowed for more field work to be completed. Operators were able to plant more corn, soybeans, and cotton. Soil moisture was rated 1 percent very short, 1 percent short, 52 percent adequate, and 46 percent surplus.

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Small Grains and Soybeans Market News

🕔16:53, 17.May 2013

by Brian Williams Traders have been watching planting progress closely this week. Nearby July wheat futures closed down 4 cents Friday to close the week at $6.83/bu. Wheat harvest will likely be behind schedule this year with only 29% of

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How to Estimate Nitrogen Loss resulting from Saturated Soils

🕔18:42, 14.May 2013

Persistent rainfall has periodically saturated corn fields for several weeks this spring, prompting questions regarding potential nitrogen fertilizer loss. This article gives guidelines for estimating potential N loss.

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