2022 Seed and Agricultural Technology Short Course
Over the last several weeks, the weather has been hot and dry and in some areas of the state spider mites have reached treatable thresholds. Rarely do spider mites have even distribution across the field. Generally, they tend to show
Repeat guest Mary Nelson Robertson visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss her efforts with the PROMISE Initiative with Mississippi State Extension (http://extension.msstate.edu/the-promise-initiative). In addition to the PROMISE Initiative, which is an acronym for Preventing Opioid Misuse
First Annual Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge ABOUT The Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board is happy to announce the first annual Grow It. Show It. Win It. Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge. Growers from all across the great state of Mississippi will have
From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Tom and Jason have a one-on-one conversation about fungicide applications on soybean during reproductive growth stages. Topics include the history of the R3/R4 automatic fungicide application, effects of fungicide treatments in the
Trent and Drew visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about soybean irrigation. Tom, Jason, Trent, and Drew discuss critical growth stages for soybean to avoid moisture stress, signs of drought stress, use of moisture sensors to
Corey Bryant and Hunter Bowman visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss their first year managing research/Extension programs at the Delta Research and Extension Center. Jason, Tom, Corey, and Hunter discuss projects that have been started this
Jay Mahaffey, manager of The Learning Center with Bayer in Scott, MS, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive into cotton management. Jay, Don, Tom, and Jason start with the thrips problem in 2022 and
Chris Bennett from Farm Journal visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to tell a story from a fairly recent episode of criminal activity in agriculture that includes tomatoes, worms, Ponzi schemes, and bounty hunters.
Mary Nelson Robertson visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for an episode of the Why Ag series. Mary Nelson describes her path from Indianola to the University of Alabama to her work with the PROMISE Team with Mississippi
Larry Steckel with the University of Tennessee calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to relate his experience with herbicide-resistant Palmer amaranth through the years. Larry, Jason, and Tom discuss the history of herbicide resistance of Palmer amaranth,
The Mississippi State Extension Service Delta Agricultural Weather Center offers Weather data for Growers and Researchers throughout the State of Mississippi. Please Click on the Link below to get real time weather data every fifteen minutes as well as hourly
Tom Eubank with Nutrien visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to relate his experience with horseweed. We covered a lot of real estate on horseweed. Some topics are horseweed emergence, why it possible resurfaced as a problem this
The Mississippi State Row Crop Team will be hosting three scout schools in 2022. The program will cover insects, disease, fertility, and agronomy. These events are free of charge, and all are welcome. Each scout school will serve as an
Drew and Erick visit with Tom and Jason from the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville about initiation of irrigation in corn. We recorded this on Friday, May 13 when temperatures were high and conditions were mostly dry. Many areas
Jason did a recent episode of the Weeds AR Wild Podcast with Tommy Butts from the University of Arkansas Systems Division of Agriculture. Jason and Tommy discuss sedge control in corn, soybean, cotton, and rice.
RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of May 5, 2022: Carrol (Carrollton)- 0/100 sweeps Humphreys- 1 Adult/100 sweeps Issaquena- 1 Adult/100 sweeps Kemper- 0/100 sweeps Lauderdale- 0/100 sweeps Leake- 0/100 sweeps Leflore- 10 adults/100 sweeps Lowndes- 0/100 sweeps
After head emergence in wheat, it is not uncommon to find high number of stink bugs. The predominant species in Mississippi wheat, is the rice stink bug and brown stink bug. It is important to remember that it takes extremely
Pipe Planner Training Webinars-May 2022! Each Tuesday and Thursday at 9am CST, Irrigation Specialist Chris DeClerk with Delta Plastics will walk through the basics of Pipe Planner and answer any questions. Simply click the GoToMeeting link below, follow the instructions
Whitney joins Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to discuss Mississippi State Extension’s survey efforts for red banded stinkbugs so Mississippi growers and practitioners have the most up-to-date information on this important insect pest of soybean.
RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of April 29, 2022: Carrol- 32 adults/100 sweeps Choctaw- 0/100 sweeps Leflore- 11 adults/100 sweeps Lowndes- 0/100 sweeps Montgomery- 0/100 sweeps Oktibbeha- 0/100 sweeps Sunflower- 1 adult/ 100 sweeps Webster- 0/100 sweeps
From the recording studio on the campus of Mississippi State, Tom and Brian link up with Jason in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss all things early-season in cotton. They discuss acreage, nematode treatments, early-season disease treatment
This map shows the 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 Website to get the
Pitted Morningglory Weed Flora of Mississippi Prepared by Taghi Bararpour and Jason Bond Family: Convolvulaceae (morningglory family) Genus: Ipomoea Species: lacunosa History: Thought to be native to tropical or subtropical North America. Life Cycle: Summer annual Special Characteristics: