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2013 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide

🕔16:32, 23.Aug 2013

During the 2011 growing season Chris Main, Bob Hayes, Tom Barber, Dan Reynolds, and myself put together a defoliation guide to cover Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi.  The folks at LSU have a similar guide for cotton in that state that

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Irrigation Termination in Cotton

🕔16:21, 23.Aug 2013

The time of year has arrived that growers are getting the itch to terminate irrigation applications in cotton.  In a normal year, cracked bolls are present at the present calender date; however, cracked bolls are currently the exception rather than

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Last Effective Bloom Date in Cotton

🕔15:08, 9.Aug 2013

The 2013 cotton crop looks respectable in many areas of the state.  The National Agricultural Statistics Service rated 62% of the crop as good to excellent with only 6% being fair to poor.  This crop continues to lag behind previous

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Cotton Irrigation

🕔08:58, 3.Aug 2013

Cotton irrigation has been on-going for the past four weeks and will likely continue three to four weeks depending on weather conditions.  Watering schedules vary from grower to grower and field to field.  In addition, watering schedules vary depending on

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Cotton Layby Herbicides

🕔16:07, 12.Jul 2013

Over the last couple of weeks numerous calls have come in regarding layby herbicide programs.  There are several options for layby programs and many have their own favorite program that they have been successful with in the past.  I will

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Reminder: Mississippi State University/Monsanto Company Pigweed Field Day July 17

🕔15:07, 12.Jul 2013

The Mississippi State University Extension Service in cooperation with Monsanto Company will host a pigweed field day near Robinsonville, MS on July 17, 2013.  The field day location is just north of Tunica National Golf Course.  A more detailed map

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Cotton Update and Plant Growth Regulator Use

🕔10:01, 5.Jul 2013

Generally the 4th of July means blooms have begun to appear in many cotton fields.  However, give the late start to 2013, blooms will likely not be observed on a widespread basis for another one to three weeks.  Blooms have

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Mississippi State University/Monsanto Company Pigweed Field Day – July 17, 2013

🕔16:16, 28.Jun 2013

The Mississippi State University Extension Service in cooperation with Monsanto Company will host a pigweed field day near Robinsonville, MS on July 17, 2013.  The field day location is just north of Tunica National Golf Course.  A more detailed map

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Cotton Progress

🕔09:30, 15.Jun 2013

For all intensive purposes cotton planting has been completed in Mississippi for 2013.  In my estimation the majority of the 2013 crop is two to four weeks behind normal.  The youngest cotton in the state is at 1 to 2

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Planting Progress and Early Season Weed/Thrips Control

🕔09:44, 1.Jun 2013

A good deal of progress was made this past week with respect to getting the 2013 cotton crop planted.  Rainfall during the middle part of last week put planting activities on hold until Friday afternoon (of last week) or Saturday

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Cotton Planting Progress

🕔13:48, 25.May 2013

Limited progress was made with respect to cotton planting in Mississippi during this past week.  As has been the case for the past several weeks, field conditions permitted progress to be made for a short period of time before the

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Managing For Earliness

🕔16:55, 17.May 2013

Progress was made with respect to planting on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week.  Some areas remained wet and little progress was made whereas in others favorable conditions facilitated tremendous progress.  However, what began on Monday of this week

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Cotton Replant Costs

🕔09:11, 11.May 2013

Very little cotton has been planted so far this year given the seemingly weekly rainfall.  What little cotton has been planted has struggled due to cool temperatures, water saturation, etc.  In some cases, fields are not going to emerge to

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Fall Residual Herbicides: A Double Edged Sword

🕔09:18, 15.Mar 2013

Fall-applied residual herbicides went out on a significant amount of acreage in Mississippi during the fall of 2012.  In some cases, such as where glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass is present, these applications are key components for optimizing weed control.  However, in

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2013 Cotton Maturity Guide

🕔10:48, 12.Mar 2013

Although performance generally drives variety selection decisions, varietal maturity is usually considered when making variety selection decisions.  To that end, we have updated our cotton maturity chart for 2013.  Keep in mind that several factors can affect varietal maturity and

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2013 Mid-South Farm and Gin Show – Irrigation Seminar

🕔16:40, 18.Feb 2013

The 2013 Mid-South Farm and Gin Show will be held on Friday, March 1 and Saturday, March 2 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.  Show hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 1 and 9:00 a.m. to

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2012 Small Plot Official Cotton Variety Trials

🕔18:16, 11.Feb 2013

Find below the final version of the 2012 Small Plot Cotton Official Variety Trial. During 2012, small plot cotton variety trials were conducted near the following locations; Clarksdale, Rolling Fork, Schlater, Senatobia, Starkville, Stoneville, Tribbett, Tunica, and Verona. Variety trial

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Future of Agriculture Graduate Student Competition

🕔12:38, 8.Feb 2013

On February 7th 2013, Mississippi State University hosted the first annual “Future of Agriculture Graduate Student Competition”. The goals of this event were to provide students an opportunity to present their research findings to a diverse audience that included growers, consultants and industry personnel and interact with people from different segments of the agricultural community.

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2012 County Cotton Variety Trials

🕔21:45, 5.Feb 2013

The Mississippi State University Extension Service conducts large plot, on-farm variety trials each year.  These trials are intended to complement the small plot Official Variety Trials (OVT) that are conducted under the guidance of Dr. Bobby Golden.  Large plot trials

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2012 Row Crop Short Course

🕔10:05, 15.Nov 2012

The 2012 Row Crop Short Course will be held from December 3-5, 2012 at the Bost Extension Center on the campus of Mississippi State University.  Pre-registration is free of charge until November 30 and will be $40 thereafter including at

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Delta Crop Summit – November 13, 2012, Stoneville, MS

🕔13:16, 26.Oct 2012

The 2012 Delta Crop Summit will be held on Tuesday, November 13, in Stoneville, MS. Please see the attached schedule.

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2012 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide

🕔14:10, 24.Aug 2012

Cotton harvest aid applications are beginning to go out on some of the earliest planted and/or burnt up cotton in several areas throughout the state.  As most know, there are several methods that can be used to time defoliation applications;

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Terminating Spider Mite Applications in Cotton

Terminating Spider Mite Applications in Cotton

🕔10:23, 11.Aug 2012

When to terminate spider mite treatments can be a very difficult decision this time of year. Spider mites can cause yield loss directly by feeding on small squares and bolls causing them to abort, or indirectly by feeding on leaves which reduces photosynthesis not allowing bolls to fill out correctly. In many ways this indirect damage would be very similar to defoliation.

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Fruiting Gaps Present in Mississippi Cotton Fields

Fruiting Gaps Present in Mississippi Cotton Fields

🕔00:22, 10.Aug 2012

Open bolls are beginning to appear in several areas of the state which is signaling that we are headed toward the finish line with this crop.  However, several calls have come in this week regarding fruiting gaps present in a

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Drought Monitor and Rainfall Effects on Cotton

Drought Monitor and Rainfall Effects on Cotton

🕔16:01, 13.Jul 2012

Much needed rainfall has been received over the past week to ten days in many areas of the state; however, there are several areas that remain at a moisture deficit.  Rainfall in some areas of the state has exceeded 8”

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