Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week Ending 6/28/2025
Southwestern corn borer trap counts continue to remain low across the state.
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Posts From Whitney Crow, Extension Entomologist
Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring Program – Week Ending 6/14/2025
Trap deployment began this week, so minimal trap numbers are being reported. However, no corn borers were detected in the limited traps that were reported.
Lunch and Learn Webinar- H-2A Program: Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers
On Friday, May 16th, 2025, at 12:00 PM, Dr. Elizabeth Canales will host a Lunch and Learn webinar titled “H-2A Program: Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers.” The featured guest speaker will be Brandon E. Davis, a local labor attorney
Mississippi Weed Resistant Testing Service
Reach out to Dr. Luis Avila at luis.avila@pss.msstate.edu with any questions.
Brown Stink Bugs in Seedling Corn: Scouting and Management
Over the past week, several reports have emerged of brown stink bugs infesting seedling corn. These pests cause damage by feeding on the stems of young corn plants. The severity of feeding damage can vary. Less severe initial damage symptoms
Final Redbanded Stinkbug Ditch Bank Survey
April 24, 2025 Carroll Choctaw Hinds: 1 adult per 100 sweeps Holmes Humphreys: 1 nymph per 100 sweeps Leflore Montgomery Oktibbeha Rankin Sharkey: 1 adult per 100 sweeps Sunflower Washington Webster Yazoo April 17, 2025 Carroll Choctaw Hinds: 1 adults
Weekly RBSB Survey
April 17, 2025 Carroll Choctaw Hinds: 1 adults per 100 sweeps Holmes Humphreys Leflore Montgomery: 1 adult per 100 sweeps Oktibbeha Rankin Sharkey: 2 adults per 100 sweeps Sunflower Washington Webster Winston Yazoo April 10, 2025 Attala Choctaw Hinds: 2
2025 Redbanded Stink Bug Survey
April 10, 2025 Attala Choctaw Hinds: 2 adults per 100 sweeps Holmes Leake Montgomery Oktibbeha Rankin Webster Winston Yazoo April 3, 2025 Attala Carroll Choctaw Hinds: 2 adults per 100 sweeps Holmes Leake Leflore Madison Montgomery Oktibbeha Rankin
Significance of Planting Date for Tarnished Plant Bug Management in Cotton
With planting season right around the corner, it is important to discuss the role that planting dates play in cotton from an arthropod pest management standpoint. I am specifically referring to tarnished plant bugs, as they can be extremely destructive
2025 County Meetings
Mississippi State University Extension will be hosting several row crop county meetings in February. Agendas: Tunica, Grenada, Attala/Holmes, Humphreys, Monroe, Noxubee, Prentiss, Leflore, Hinds.
Variety Response to Iron Chlorosis
2024 RR2X and XF Soybean Early Maturity Group IV 2024 RR2X and XF Soybean Late Maturity Group IV 2024 RR2X and XF Soybean Maturity Group V 2024 Enlist E3 Soybean Maturity Group IV and V
2024 Soybean Variety Demonstration Program
2024 Soybean Variety Demonstration Program Publication Thank you to all the producers who made this possible, as well as, the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board and all of the seed companies for their continued support of the demonstration program. More importantly,
Row Crop Short Course Preregistration Ends 11.25.24
Registration All means are provided free of charge if you preregister by November 25th. Registration after November 25th, including at the door, will be $40. Hotel Block Rooms in the hotel block must be booked by November 9th. Courtyard Marriott, connect
Row Crop Short Course Program 2024
Registration All means are provided free of charge if you preregister by November 25th. Registration after November 25th, including at the door, will be $40. Hotel Block Rooms in the hotel block must be booked by November 9th. Courtyard
2024 Row Crop Short Course
Registration All means are provided free of charge if you preregister by November 25th. Registration after November 25th, including at the door, will be $40. Hotel Block Rooms in the hotel block must be booked by November 9th. Courtyard
Southwestern Corn Borer Monitoring – Week ending 8/10/2024
We have seen our first large spike in Southwestern corn borer of the growing season in the central to northern portion of the state. Fortunately, timely planted corn should be nearing a stage where borers are not much of a
MS Ag Industry Council – 2024 MAIC Row Crop Update
We welcome you to attend the Row Crop Update at the 2024 Mississippi Agricultural Industry Council Annual Convention. This event is hosted at Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama on Wednesday, July 24 starting at 8:00am.
