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Enlist and Xtend:  What Boom Specifications Are Required?

Enlist and Xtend: What Boom Specifications Are Required? Updated

🕔16:14, 16.Mar 2017

New labels for herbicide products to be used in Enlist and Xtend crops have unique application specifications.

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Enlist and Xtend:  At What Growth Stages Can I Spray?

Enlist and Xtend: At What Growth Stages Can I Spray? Updated

🕔14:57, 8.Mar 2017

New auxin herbicide-resistant crop technologies are not a return to the days when Palmer amaranth of any size could be completely controlled with a single herbicide application

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Enlist and Xtend:  What Are the Herbicide Rates?

Enlist and Xtend: What Are the Herbicide Rates? Updated

🕔09:23, 1.Mar 2017

New herbicide-resistant technologies offer the option to use herbicides previously not labeled for in-season application in cotton and soybean

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Enlist and Xtend:  What Can I Spray and on Which Crops Can I Spray It?

Enlist and Xtend: What Can I Spray and on Which Crops Can I Spray It? Updated

🕔08:46, 24.Feb 2017

New herbicide-resistant crop options are available for 2017 in the form of the Enlist Weed Control System from Dow Agrosciences and the Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System from Monsanto.

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2017 Upcoming County Meeting Schedule

2017 Upcoming County Meeting Schedule Updated

🕔10:22, 11.Feb 2017

MSU Extension is hosting a series of meetings to be held throughout the state to prepare growers for the upcoming season.  These meetings will focus on market outlooks, variety selection, weed management, insect and plant disease management, and other current crop production

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Don’t Underestimate Italian Ryegrass in Mississippi Rice Fields

Don’t Underestimate Italian Ryegrass in Mississippi Rice Fields Updated

🕔09:36, 11.Feb 2017

Fields to be planted to rice that contain glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass should be managed aggressively

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Control Italian Ryegrass Early

Control Italian Ryegrass Early Updated

🕔14:46, 20.Jan 2017

An early burndown application in January or early-February for Italian ryegrass allows time to determine how well the first application worked and flexibility in deciding how to control escapes.

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2016 Mississippi County Meeting Schedule – Finalized

2016 Mississippi County Meeting Schedule – Finalized Updated

🕔10:28, 14.Jan 2017

MSU Extension is hosting a series of meetings to be held throughout the state to prepare growers for the upcoming season.  These meetings will focus on market outlooks, variety selection, weed management, insect and plant disease management, and other current crop production

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Barnyardgrass Management in the Mississippi Delta

Barnyardgrass Management in the Mississippi Delta Updated

🕔08:28, 29.Mar 2016

Barnyardgrass that is allowed to survive and produce seed in soybean can cripple a rice weed control program the following year.

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Managing PPO-resistant Palmer Amaranth in Mississippi Soybean

Managing PPO-resistant Palmer Amaranth in Mississippi Soybean Updated

🕔09:19, 25.Mar 2016

Suggested herbicide programs in Mississippi soybean have been updated to address multiple resistance to glyphosate, ALS, and/or PPO herbicides in Palmer amaranth.

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2016 Scout Schools

2016 Scout Schools Updated

🕔19:04, 18.Mar 2016

Mississippi State University will be hosting 5 scout schools this year. We have transitioned over the years to make these trainings much more diverse than insect pest alone. This year we will be including insects, disease, fertility, and herbicide symptomology.

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Preplant Intervals for Auxin Herbicides in Mississippi

Preplant Intervals for Auxin Herbicides in Mississippi Updated

🕔09:34, 18.Mar 2016

Observing the preplant intervals for 2,4-D and dicamba prior to planting is important.

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Weed Spectrums in Mississippi Rice

Weed Spectrums in Mississippi Rice Updated

🕔12:01, 9.Mar 2016

Barnyardgrass is the most common and troublesome weed of Mississippi rice.

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Seed Treatments and Thrips 2016: Expectations

Seed Treatments and Thrips 2016: Expectations Updated

🕔11:42, 2.Mar 2016

Although commodity prices have not been exciting for any crop we grow, Mississippi is expected to see cotton acres increase as much as 40% this year. As we have been traveling the meeting circuit, the common denominator has been, “What inputs can we cut in an off year?” This has been asked of all crops lately, not just cotton. It seems that seed treatments are the first thing that comes up during this conversation in every crop; however, this is not a viable option in cotton.

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PPO-resistant Palmer Amaranth Likely in Mississippi

PPO-resistant Palmer Amaranth Likely in Mississippi Updated

🕔12:27, 15.Jan 2016

Preliminary results indicate that Palmer amaranth resistant to PPO herbicides is likely in Mississippi

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2015 Row Crop Short Course: Pre-Registration Deadline – November 24 Updated

🕔07:50, 21.Nov 2015

The 2015 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center near the campus of Mississippi State University on November 30, December 1, and December 2 2015.  Please note that this is a new venue as

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New Program App Available for the 2015 MS Row Crop Short Course

New Program App Available for the 2015 MS Row Crop Short Course Updated

🕔14:19, 16.Oct 2015

We had an App created that will allow you to review the program and register straight from your Smart Phone for the 2015 Mississippi Row Crop Short Course Nov. 30th – Dec. 2, 2015 at the Cotton Mill District in

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2015 Row Crop Short Course Updated

🕔13:21, 9.Oct 2015

The 2015 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center near the campus of Mississippi State University on November 30, December 1, and December 2 2015.  Please note that this is a new venue as

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Late-season Soybean Disease Clinic: Baldwyn, MS, September 15, 2015

Late-season Soybean Disease Clinic: Baldwyn, MS, September 15, 2015 Updated

🕔06:31, 14.Sep 2015

A field training regarding late-season soybean diseases will be held in Monroe County, MS on Tuesday, September 15 beginning at 5:30 pm and ending with a meal at a local restaurant.  The diseases discussed will likely include: charcoal root rot,

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Mississippi State University Turn Row Talk – Clarksdale, August 25, 2015

Mississippi State University Turn Row Talk – Clarksdale, August 25, 2015 Updated

🕔14:57, 20.Aug 2015

An agronomic crops field day will be held at Stovall farms, west and north of Clarksdale on Oakhurst Stovall Road. The field day will be held at Mr. Pete Hunter’s farm shop beginning at 10 am. MSU Extension Specialists will be present to discuss topics in corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanut, rice and soybean.

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Reminder – MSU DREC Rice Field Day – July 30, 2015 Updated

🕔20:14, 26.Jul 2015

The MSU-DREC Rice Producer Field Day will be held in conjunction with the annual Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation Summer Rice Grower Meeting this year on the afternoon of July 30 at the Capps Center in Stoneville..  The Farm Bureau meeting

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Mid-Season Rice Update

Mid-Season Rice Update Updated

🕔15:13, 19.Jun 2015

I would like to call this a midseason rice update, but in actuality we have rice in Mississippi ranging from one leaf to late boot in places, but most of the rice crop should be at or reaching mid-season.  Similar

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Mississippi State University Turn Row Field Day: Clarksdale, MS July 9, 2015

Mississippi State University Turn Row Field Day: Clarksdale, MS July 9, 2015 Updated

🕔14:29, 19.Jun 2015

An agronomic crops field day will be held at Cliff Heaton farms, just east of the intersection of Highway 61 and Highway 6. The field day will be held in the cotton field on the south side of the road. MSU Extension Specialists will be present to discuss topics in corn, cotton, grain sorghum, peanut, rice and soybean.

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Automatic Soybean Fungicide Applications: Timing, Product Choice, Rates in Product Combination

Automatic Soybean Fungicide Applications: Timing, Product Choice, Rates in Product Combination Updated

🕔11:42, 19.Jun 2015

Questions continue regarding fungicide products to be used at the R3/R4 application timing. The most important decisions should be made based on the specific variety planted in each field since frogeye leaf spot is resistant to the strobilurin class of fungicides meaning that stand-alone strobilurin products are no longer effective against the disease. See the information contained within this blog post regarding fungicide products, effective rates of products in pre-mix combinations and the effectiveness of some fungicides on managing frogeye leaf spot.

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Choose Fungicide Product for Soybean Fields Based on Variety Planted

Choose Fungicide Product for Soybean Fields Based on Variety Planted Updated

🕔15:13, 31.May 2015

Choosing a foliar fungicide product for either a common fungicide application at a specific growth stage in the absence of foliar disease or in the presence of disease should be based on the soybean variety planted. Widespread fungicide resistance to the strobilurin fungicides in the MS soybean production system within the frogeye leaf spot fungal population may ultimately change how we use fungicides. Choose a fungicide product based on whether or not frogeye will occur in a susceptible variety rather than choosing a fungicide based on price.

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