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2020 Soybean OVT Foliar Disease Evaluations: Maturity Group IV

2020 Soybean OVT Foliar Disease Evaluations: Maturity Group IV Updated

🕔17:45, 14.Apr 2021

The MSU OVT soybean locations were evaluated for disease during the 2020 season. Multiple diseases were evaluated at multiple locations and are provided in this post. Cercospora blight, frogeye leaf spot (when present), Septoria brown spot, southern blight, and target spot were the most commonly encountered diseases during the season. In addition, green stem was also evaluated at multiple locations.

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Italian ryegrass

Italian ryegrass Updated

🕔14:01, 14.Apr 2021

Italian ryegrass Weed Flora of Mississippi Family:  Gramineae (Poaceae) – grass family Genus:  Lolium        Species:  perenne ssp. multiflorum History:  Ryegrass species are native to the Mediterranean region but are now widely distributed throughout temperate areas of the world.  The genus

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Palmer amaranth

Palmer amaranth Updated

🕔11:43, 12.Apr 2021

Palmer amaranth Weed Flora of Mississippi Family:  Amaranthaceae Genus:  Amaranthus       Species:  palmeri   History:  The genus Amaranthus belongs to the Amaranthaceae family and contains approximately 75 species worldwide. Palmer amaranth is one of a distinct subgroup of 10 dioecious (male

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Read the Fertilizer and Lime Labels!

Read the Fertilizer and Lime Labels! Updated

🕔09:28, 9.Apr 2021

  To read and follow pesticide labels is common knowledge and accepted practice in agriculture. It should be practiced more for fertilizers, lime, and soil fertility enhancement products. Fertilizers: Why read these labels? The agriculture sector knows the three numbers

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Let’s Talk about Rice (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:32, 9.Apr 2021

Jason, Tom, and Jeff Gore discuss early-season rice management, including residual herbicides, seed treatments, rice water weevils, and seedling disease.

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Irrigation Update

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Irrigation Update Updated

🕔08:47, 2.Apr 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crops Team are releasing some virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These programs offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors who

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Justin McCoy on Soil Fertility (Podcast)

Justin McCoy on Soil Fertility (Podcast) Updated

🕔06:51, 2.Apr 2021

Justin McCoy, Agronomist with Mississippi State at the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center in Verona, visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss nitrogen fertilizer on corn, timing of phosphorus and potassium applications, basic soil testing, micronutrients,

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Fundamental Fertilizer Management for 2021 in the Mid-South

Fundamental Fertilizer Management for 2021 in the Mid-South Updated

🕔09:50, 31.Mar 2021

  Fertilizer prices are a trending topic of Plant 2021. Many, if not most row crop farmers in Mississippi and surrounding states address basic soil fertility needs either via fall applications of phosphorus (P) and potassium (K), and/or booking preseason

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Recording Weather across Mississippi (Podcast)

Recording Weather across Mississippi (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:41, 30.Mar 2021

Mark Silva joins Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the Delta Agricultural Weather Center, which is a joint effort between the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station and the Mississippi State University Extension Service

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It’s a Matter of Chemistry

It’s a Matter of Chemistry Updated

🕔11:02, 26.Mar 2021

The presence or amount of various non-nutrient elements in foodstuffs has been in the media recently. What have been called ‘heavy metals’ and their neighbors, the ‘metalloids’, are factors in, and are influenced by soil chemistry, nutrient management, and soil

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Cotton on the Horizon (Podcast)

Cotton on the Horizon (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:12, 24.Mar 2021

Brian Pieralisi drops by the podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about cotton…acres, varieties, technologies, nematodes.

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Planning to Lime for the 2022 Crop

Planning to Lime for the 2022 Crop Updated

🕔09:35, 20.Mar 2021

Wait a minute, aren’t we just now planting the 2021 crop? True, however, some fields being planted now will suffer from soil acidity issues this year. There may be short term band-aids available, but long-term solutions will be necessary. One

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs- Soil Fertility Update

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs- Soil Fertility Update Updated

🕔15:22, 19.Mar 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crops Team are releasing some virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These programs offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors who

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Keith Coble Visit DREC

Keith Coble Visit DREC Updated

🕔09:07, 17.Mar 2021

New Mississippi State Vice President of Agriculture, Dr. Keith Coble, shares his vision for the Division of Agriculture with Jason and Tom.

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Effect of Poultry Litter Applications on Soil Physical Properties

Effect of Poultry Litter Applications on Soil Physical Properties Updated

🕔08:49, 12.Mar 2021

Healthy soils have thriving biological populations busy recycling nutrients. Just as good working environments aid human productivity, good working environments foster the soil biological population. Soil physical factors that impact this work environment include aggregation, bulk density, and water holding

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs- Peanut Production Update

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs- Peanut Production Update Updated

🕔10:02, 11.Mar 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crops Team are releasing some virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These programs offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors who

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Soybean Planting Considerations

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Soybean Planting Considerations Updated

🕔16:09, 5.Mar 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crops Team are releasing some virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These programs offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors who

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Practices That Sequester Soil Carbon Updated

🕔13:49, 5.Mar 2021

  Soil carbon (C) sequestration is the practice of growing plants to capture atmospheric C and store it in the soil to mitigate climate change. Soil carbon sequestration is not a magic bullet for climate mitigation but has a role

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Cotton Production

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Cotton Production Updated

🕔09:31, 5.Mar 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crops Team are releasing some virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These programs offer Continuing Education Units for Certified Crop Advisors who

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Brian Mills on Farm Programs

Brian Mills on Farm Programs Updated

🕔10:53, 3.Mar 2021

Ag Economist Brian Mills from Stoneville visits the podcast studio to discuss farm programs and risk management with Tom and Jason.

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Managing Soils for Carbon Sequestration

Managing Soils for Carbon Sequestration Updated

🕔10:03, 26.Feb 2021

Private and public sector stakeholders are striving to boost soil carbon (C) as a climate migration strategy. This note will focus on the science of soil C, and management practices that may increase it. Carbon markets, public policy, and individual

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2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Corn Episodes

2021 MSU Row Crop Educational Programs – Corn Episodes Updated

🕔09:12, 26.Feb 2021

Due to restrictions limiting public gatherings related to the pandemic, the MSU Row Crop Team are releasing virtual educational programs to help prepare for the upcoming growing season. These corn episodes include two programs discussing planting practices and stand establishment, as well as soil, water and nutrient management.

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Seed Treatment Basics (Podcast)

Seed Treatment Basics (Podcast) Updated

🕔13:06, 23.Feb 2021

Jason, Tom, and Don swap stories on cold weather, and then Tom and Don go deep on seed treatments.

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Soil N Testing in Mississippi – Why We Can’t Have Good Things Updated

🕔15:45, 19.Feb 2021

We in Extension sing the praises of soil testing constantly because it provides a snapshot in time of the ability of a soil to provide nutrients to growing plants. The results, along with a research base, are the basis for

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Requirements for Biosolid Applications on Cropland in Mississippi Updated

🕔15:06, 11.Feb 2021

Most growers know the soil benefits from applying animal manures to their land. Some farmers have used municipal sludge (biosolids) as a fertilizer to provide nutrients and organic matter that improves soil properties. The biosolids have been treated to stabilize

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