The annual Winter Sweetpotato Production Meeting will be held on Friday March 8, 2019 in the Multi-purpose Building at the Calhoun County Extension Office (121 Parker St., Pittsboro, MS). Registration is free and begins at 8:30 A.M. There is no
Mississippi State University Extension, Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation, and Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce are sponsoring an International Agricultural Markets Workshop January 17-18, 2019 at the Bost Extension Center Auditorium, Mississippi State, MS. The event will walk attendees through
Mississippi State University Extension will be hosting several county row crop meetings from January through March of 2019. Each meeting will cover issues specific to the region including management topics on agronomics, insects, weeds, diseases, and economics. A meal will
Last week Mississippi State University announced a three-year transition plan of its Foundation Sweetpotato Seed Program which is operated out of the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station in Pontotoc, MS. The intent behind the transition is to expand the in-state
PSA Grower training brochure Pittsboro MS- May 9 2018 Date: May 9, 2018 Time: 8:00 am – 4:30 pm Location: Calhoun County Extension Office, 121 Parker St, Pittsboro, MS 38951 Host: Mississippi State University Who Should Attend?: Growers, packers, Extension
Make plans to attend the 2018 Winter Sweetpotato Production Meeting at the Calhoun County Extension Office in Pittsboro, MS on Friday, February 23rd. The program (subject to change) is below. Please RSVP by February 21st to ensure we have enough
MSU field day showcases sweet potato research By Ms. Keri Collins Lewis MSU Extension Service PONTOTOC, Miss. — Sweetpotato producers, crop consultants, agricultural industry representatives and the general public will learn about ongoing Mississippi State University sweetpotato research and outreach
You are welcome to attend the Row Crop Update at the Mississippi Agricultural Industry Council Conference. The conference is hosted at Perdido Beach Resort in Orange Beach, Alabama on Wednesday, July 26.
PONTOTOC, Miss. — Row crop producers can learn best practices for adding auxin herbicides to their weed control tool box at a field day June 29. The Mississippi State University Extension Service and Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station will
2017 Winter Sweetpotato Production Meeting March 9, 2017 Thorn Community Center, CR 37, Houston, MS 5:30 P.M. Registration. 6: 00 P.M. Welcome and opening remarks- Stephen Meyers, MSU-North MS Research and Extension Center (Pontotoc) 6:15 P.M. Meal sponsored by ENTECH
The 2016 Sweetpotato Field Day will be held at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station (8320 Hwy 15 S., Pontotoc, MS) on Wednesday August 24th. Registration begins at 8 AM, the program runs from 8:30 AM through lunch. Breakfast and
The 2016 MS ASA Summer Agronomy Tour will be Held June 29 in Vardaman, MS at the Penick Produce Co. This years tour will highlight all things Sweet Potato with topics ranging from Sweet Potato Production to Agritourism. The program can
Good Agricultural and Handling Practices for Producers of Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, and Nuts Training- A Certificate Program When: March 18, 2016 Time: 9:30 am-12:00 pm Where: Calhoun County Extension Office, 121 Parker St., Pittsboro, MS The Good Agricultural
Black rot is on the minds of many sweetpotato producers in the United States. The fungal disease was reported in North Carolina in 2015, and there have been at least three diagnosed incidence of black rot in Mississippi since last
Mississippi State University will host its 3rd Annual Sweetpotato Field Day Thursday August 27 at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station (8320 Hwy 15 S., Pontotoc, MS 38863). Registration is free. Breakfast and lunch are provided. CCA credits are available.
Due to a lack of post-emergence herbicides for use in sweetpotato, sweetpotato weed management is front-loaded with pre-emergence herbicides early in the growing season. For the last several years the following herbicide program has provided the most consistent control of
Good Agricultural and Handling Practices for Producers of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables and Nuts Training- A certificate program When: March 4, 2015 (Wednesday) Time: 9:00 A.M. – 12:00 noon Where: Calhoun County Extension Office 121 Parker St., Pittsboro,
The next few days will be abnormally frigid in North Mississippi. This increases the risk of chilling injury to sweetpotatoes in storage, and those being transported to or from packing sheds. Chilling injury occurs when roots are exposed to temperatures
The 2015 Mississippi Winter Sweetpotato Production Meeting is scheduled for Wednesday February 11th at the Calhoun County Extension Office (121 Parker St. Pittsboro, MS 38951). Registration will begin at 8:30 A.M. The program will run 9:00 A.M. through lunch. A
Mississippi State University will host its Second Annual Sweetpotato Field Day on Wednesday August 20th at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station (8320 Hwy 15 S., Pontotoc, MS 38863). The program for the field day is below. Please contact Stephen
The North Mississippi Research and Extension Center’s Agronomic Row Crops Field Day on Thursday, August 7 will present the latest research to the area’s row-crop farmers and consultants. The field day will be from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Lee County Agri-Center Magnolia Conference Center on Highway 145 South in Verona.
Maintaining clean and weed-free field roads around sweetpotatoes is thought to help minimize rodent injury and make access for crop scouting and monitoring more efficient. Roads are most often maintained weed-free with glyphosate applications. However, off-target movement of glyphosate onto
It’s that time in the sweetpotato production season- where the last slips are making their way into the ground and herbicide treatments applied to the earlier planted crop get tested prior to canopy closure. While pigweeds and nutsedges represent the
Warm April weather in North Mississippi provides great growing conditions for sweetpotato plant beds. A few days near the 80s will have sweetpotato shoots pushing up the black plastic mulch that has been covering them since March. However, warm and
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