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2024 MSU Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program Results

2024 MSU Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program Results Updated

🕔21:46, 27.Nov 2024

Mississippi State goes to great lengths to evaluate, assess and analyze corn hybrid performance, so you have good information to make decisions which improve the profitability of your farm. These Hybrid Demonstration trials are grown in numerous on-farm locations throughout the state where you can better evaluate hybrid performance of our region’s most elite hybrids. Complete results, including yields and plant characteristics from this year’s trials are published here.

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Beneficial Ownership Information Reporting Deadline Updated

🕔10:50, 25.Nov 2024

A new Federal reporting requirement is requiring businesses – farms included – to report information to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) as part of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) to crack down on illicit finance activity by finding

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2024 (Preliminary) MSU On Farm Cotton County Demonstration

2024 (Preliminary) MSU On Farm Cotton County Demonstration Updated

🕔09:08, 22.Nov 2024

2024 County Demo Book SC A total of 16 On Farm cotton demonstrations were planted in 2024.  With late spring rains many of our northeastern MS locations were planted later than usual and ultimately harvest well into November.  This preliminary

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Did You Know John Wilkes Booth Was a Farmer? (podcast) Updated

🕔14:40, 19.Nov 2024

Did You Know John Wilkes Booth Was a Farmer? Long time friend of the podcast, Chris Bennett, spent time in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to spin a wild tale with deep ties to American farming.  Chris describes the multiple

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2024 Soybean Variety Demonstration Program

2024 Soybean Variety Demonstration Program Updated

🕔13:01, 15.Nov 2024

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,

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Row Crop Short Course Preregistration Ends 11.25.24

Row Crop Short Course Preregistration Ends 11.25.24 Updated

🕔06:42, 8.Nov 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 Marriott, connect

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2024 Preliminary Rice Variety Trial Results

2024 Preliminary Rice Variety Trial Results Updated

🕔15:28, 6.Nov 2024

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2025 MSU Short List of Suggested Corn Hybrids

2025 MSU Short List of Suggested Corn Hybrids Updated

🕔17:17, 31.Oct 2024

This publication lists those corn hybrids which have demonstrated superior performance in the Mississippi Corn for Grain Hybrid Trials. No other source tests as many hybrids representing today’s choices in the market. Thus, this is a great starting point and barometer for you to judge performance and select the best corn hybrids for your farm.

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2024 Yield Results from the MSU Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program

2024 Yield Results from the MSU Corn Hybrid Demonstration Program Updated

🕔11:34, 12.Oct 2024

Mississippi State goes to great lengths to evaluate corn hybrid performance. These Corn Hybrid Demonstration trials are grown in numerous on-farm locations throughout the state where you can better analyze hybrid performance of our region’s most elite hybrids. Preliminary grain yield results from this year’s trials are published here.

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Row Crop Short Course Program 2024

Row Crop Short Course Program 2024 Updated

🕔13:22, 6.Oct 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

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On-Farm Research Opportunity

On-Farm Research Opportunity Updated

🕔12:46, 6.Oct 2024

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Cover Crop Strategies in Mississippi (podcast) Updated

🕔08:46, 1.Oct 2024

  Erick sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about cover crops.  These have gained some prominence in areas around the state in recent years and warrant some discussion.  Erick has done a lot of

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How to Plant and Grow Wheat for High Yields

How to Plant and Grow Wheat for High Yields Updated

🕔11:27, 28.Sep 2024

Wheat can be a relatively consistent and productive crop which offers opportunities and diversity for your cropping system. Thus, as fall begins to draw near, we address planting practices and key strategies needed to optimize profitability. For instance, unlike summer crops, early planting substantially increases risks for wheat grain production.

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ESA and the Herbicide Strategy; Episode 2 (podcast) Updated

🕔06:27, 26.Sep 2024

  In the second half of the episode that released September 24, Andy Whittington from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation continues to outline the requirements for herbicide use set forth in the Herbicide Strategy that was recently released by the

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Cover Crop Planting Methods and Seeding Rates

Cover Crop Planting Methods and Seeding Rates Updated

🕔15:44, 24.Sep 2024

Cover crops can be successfully established using a variety of seeding methods depending upon your cropping and tillage system, cover crop species, and perhaps other factors. This publication offers guidelines to help ensure favorable results.

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2024 MSU Short List of Suggested Wheat Varieties

2024 MSU Short List of Suggested Wheat Varieties Updated

🕔19:03, 19.Sep 2024

This publication lists those wheat varieties which have demonstrated superior grain production in the Mississippi Wheat and Oat Variety Trials and summarizes their characteristics. This independent information should help you select better varieties which are suited for producing grain in different growing regions of Mississippi.

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2024 Row Crop Short Course

2024 Row Crop Short Course Updated

🕔10:03, 19.Sep 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

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Tips and Tricks for Soil Sampling (podcast) Updated

🕔07:52, 10.Sep 2024

Corey Bryant and Vaughn Reed visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about soil sampling.  Topics include sampling timing, frequency, grids or zones, etc.   There are different philosophies on how to manage this important agronomic practice, but

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Burning Stalks – What does it Really Cost?

Burning Stalks – What does it Really Cost? Updated

🕔11:27, 7.Sep 2024

Tight margins and high expenses tempt us to consider managing crop residue with fire, rather than tillage or other alternatives. However, fire will reduce recycling of organic matter and nutrients. Thus, burning produces several negative consequences that can definitely diminish profit.

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Heliothine Trap Counts, September 6, 2024

Heliothine Trap Counts, September 6, 2024 Updated

🕔17:41, 6.Sep 2024

Bollworm trap catches were up sharply in many counties this week compared to last week. This was the first week since mid-July that any county averaged more than bollworm 100 moths/trap. Tobacco budworm trap catches were also up somewhat this

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Spray Drone Seminar

Spray Drone Seminar Updated

🕔07:21, 5.Sep 2024

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Heliothine Trap Counts, August 29, 2024

Heliothine Trap Counts, August 29, 2024 Updated

🕔09:37, 29.Aug 2024

Bollworm pheromone trap catches this week were comparable to last week, last year, and to the 10-year average. Many fields are now matured past their susceptible stages, so those late planted fields may see higher bollworm pressure than expected due

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Heliothine Trap Counts, August 23, 2024

Heliothine Trap Counts, August 23, 2024 Updated

🕔18:18, 23.Aug 2024

Bollworm moth counts in pheromone traps in most counties dropped a little this week and were lower than typical for this time of year.

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2024 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide

2024 Mid-South Cotton Defoliation Guide Updated

🕔13:54, 21.Aug 2024

Mid-South Cotton Specialists Working Group provides this guide to aid in defoliation decision making.  Multiple scenarios ranging from 1 pass to 2 pass programs along with considerations of both temperatures and environmental factors as a reference for applying harvest aids.

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Bugcast with Cook and Towles (podcast) Updated

🕔14:41, 20.Aug 2024

Unless something goes wrong, this should be the last insect podcast on real-time issues for 2024.  Don and Tyler talked about thresholds and treatment terminations for loopers, kudzu bugs, and red-banded stink bugs in soybeans and plant bugs, bollworms and

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