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Current Insect Pressure in Mississippi Cotton and Soybean (podcast)

Current Insect Pressure in Mississippi Cotton and Soybean (podcast) Updated

🕔08:50, 4.Jun 2025

Whitney visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast Studio in Stoneville during the Mississippi State Extension Scout School to break down the current insect situation across Mississippi.  As the growing season heats up, so does insect activity in cotton and soybean fields. For

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Finishing Out Corn Nitrogen After Prolonged Wet Weather (podcast)

Finishing Out Corn Nitrogen After Prolonged Wet Weather (podcast) Updated

🕔12:36, 3.Jun 2025

Erick visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to continue an ongoing discussion of managing corn nitrogen fertility.  Nitrogen fertilizer losses are inevitable with prolonged saturated soils.  Erick shares suggestions for how to manage the crop at or as

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Heliothine Trap Catches, May 29, 2025

Heliothine Trap Catches, May 29, 2025 Updated

🕔11:33, 29.May 2025

Bollworm trap catches were similar to last week, which is high compared to the historical average for the end of May. Tobacco budworm were barely caught at all.

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Meet New MSU Rice Agronomist Will Eubank (Podcast)

Meet New MSU Rice Agronomist Will Eubank (Podcast) Updated

🕔06:35, 20.May 2025

MSU Extension’s new Rice Agronomist Will Eubank visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to introduce himself Extension stakeholders.  Will shares his background, his passion for agriculture, what led him to specialize in rice production and the innovative research and

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Hitting Curveballs from Mother Nature in Midsouth Corn (podcast)

Hitting Curveballs from Mother Nature in Midsouth Corn (podcast) Updated

🕔06:46, 13.May 2025

Phil Michener Corn and Soybean Product Manager with DynaGro visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his thoughts on corn management in 2025.  A year that began with a resounding start in most areas with early planting

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Lunch and Learn Webinar- H-2A Program: Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers

Lunch and Learn Webinar- H-2A Program: Temporary Agricultural Employment of Foreign Workers Updated

🕔11:18, 12.May 2025

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

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Mississippi Weed Resistant Testing Service

Mississippi Weed Resistant Testing Service Updated

🕔06:51, 7.May 2025

Reach out to Dr. Luis Avila at luis.avila@pss.msstate.edu with any questions.

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MSU Extension advocates good herbicide stewardship Updated

🕔10:49, 5.May 2025

Due to an increase in 2,4-D resistant  (Enlist) crop varieties planted this year, MSU Extension specialists recommend the following points for the 2025 growing season: be aware of vegetation in fields near targeted treatment sites, apply treatment during favorable wind

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Brown Stink Bugs in Seedling Corn: Scouting and Management

Brown Stink Bugs in Seedling Corn: Scouting and Management Updated

🕔14:56, 2.May 2025

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

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Final Redbanded Stinkbug Ditch Bank Survey

Final Redbanded Stinkbug Ditch Bank Survey Updated

🕔09:07, 2.May 2025

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

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Nitrogen Fertilizer Sources for the Midsouth (podcast)

Nitrogen Fertilizer Sources for the Midsouth (podcast) Updated

🕔06:25, 29.Apr 2025

Long-time friend of the Crop Doctors’ Podcast Bobby Golden sat down in the studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about nitrogen fertilizer for midsouthern crop production.  Topics include influence of environment on urea and urea-ammonium nitrate, protecting

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2025 Stoneville Scout School

2025 Stoneville Scout School Updated

🕔09:56, 25.Apr 2025

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2025 Raymond Agronomic Scout School

2025 Raymond Agronomic Scout School Updated

🕔09:54, 25.Apr 2025

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Weekly RBSB Survey

Weekly RBSB Survey Updated

🕔12:09, 23.Apr 2025

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

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Crop Doctors Podcast: Rice Update with Jarrod Hardke

Crop Doctors Podcast: Rice Update with Jarrod Hardke Updated

🕔10:26, 22.Apr 2025

Jarrod Hardke from the University of Arkansas took time out of his morning to call into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss rice in the Midsouth.  Rice planting has progressed rapidly.  Moisture has become a concern in

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2025 Redbanded Stink Bug Survey

2025 Redbanded Stink Bug Survey Updated

🕔07:56, 16.Apr 2025

  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

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USDA Releases 2025 Prospective Plantings Report

USDA Releases 2025 Prospective Plantings Report Updated

🕔12:41, 31.Mar 2025

On March 31, the USDA-NASS released its 2025 Prospective Plantings Report. This report is significant for the market as it provides the USDA’s initial estimates of planted acres for the 2025 crop year. These acreage estimates are based primarily on

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Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi

Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔13:01, 26.Mar 2025

This map shows the latest Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the last 7 days for Regions throughout The State of Mississippi. I have also included the link to the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website. Click on

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Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) Announced Updated

🕔14:24, 19.Mar 2025

The United States Department of Agriculture recently announced $10 billion in direct payments to producers for eligible commodities for the 2024 crop year through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP), as provided by the American Relief Act. These one-time direct

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Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi

Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔09:58, 19.Mar 2025

This map shows the latest Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the last 7 days for Regions throughout The State of Mississippi. I have also included the link to the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website. Click on

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Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi

Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔09:29, 11.Mar 2025

This map shows the latest Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the last 7 days for Regions throughout The State of Mississippi. I have also included the link to the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website. Click on

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Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures Increase from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi

Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures Increase from the Past 7 days for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔09:37, 4.Mar 2025

This map shows the latest Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the last 7 days for Regions throughout The State of Mississippi. I have also included the link to the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website. Click on

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Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi

Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔09:36, 24.Feb 2025

This map shows the latest Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the last 7 days for Regions throughout The State of Mississippi. I have also included the link to the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website. Click on

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2025 County Meetings

2025 County Meetings Updated

🕔16:35, 30.Jan 2025

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.  

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Variety Response to Iron Chlorosis

Variety Response to Iron Chlorosis Updated

🕔13:30, 13.Jan 2025

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     

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