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Mississippi Crop Insurance Dates and Information

Mississippi Crop Insurance Dates and Information Updated

🕔14:44, 14.Jun 2021

With the significant amount of flooding in the Mississippi Delta region, many producers are faced with either having to replant their crop, or they may have been prevented from planting their crop in the first place. As such, it is

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Questions to Answer after Flooding (Podcast)

Questions to Answer after Flooding (Podcast) Updated

🕔14:40, 14.Jun 2021

Mississippi State Extension crops specialists spend time talking about potential questions that may arise after the water recedes from the severe flooding experienced in parts of Mississippi in June 2021.  Topics discussed are corn beginning at 4:28, cotton at 12:37,

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Immediately After the Flood Soil Management

Immediately After the Flood Soil Management Updated

🕔14:47, 11.Jun 2021

All photos courtesy of Tucker Miller Flooding is challenging Mississippi families, homes, and farms again, hence, this should be a review for many readers. The first Mississippi Crop Situation post about flooded soils was published in May 2011. There is

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Cover Crop Research in Corn (Podcast)

Cover Crop Research in Corn (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:48, 10.Jun 2021

Erick Larson visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to relate some preliminary findings from a cover crop project funded through the Mississippi Corn Promotion Board. Topics include choice of cover crop species, termination timing in the spring, and

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Taproot Decline in Soybean (Podcast)

Taproot Decline in Soybean (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:31, 8.Jun 2021

Trey Price with the LSU AgCenter sits down in the Crop Doctor’s Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his experiences with taproot decline of soybean in Louisiana.

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Corn Pathology with the LSU AgCenter’s Trey Price (Podcast)

Corn Pathology with the LSU AgCenter’s Trey Price (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:08, 1.Jun 2021

Trey Price visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss a variety of topics related to diseases of corn, including Curvularia leaf spot, common rust, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust.

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Tassel N Fertilization in Corn and Tissue Analysis for Nutrients Updated

🕔11:56, 25.May 2021

Justin McCoy from the North Mississippi Research and Extension Center visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about nitrogen fertilization on corn prior to tasseling.  He also lays out details on tissue sampling for nutrient analysis in

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2021 Irrigation Technology (Podcast)

2021 Irrigation Technology (Podcast) Updated

🕔11:19, 18.May 2021

Drew Gholson visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to talk with Tom and Jason about updates in irrigation technology in 2021, including updates to the Pipe Planner program, sensor installation, and sensor telemetry.

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The Nutrient Stewardship Entrance Exam for Production Agriculture

The Nutrient Stewardship Entrance Exam for Production Agriculture Updated

🕔16:58, 14.May 2021

The ACT, a standardized test used by colleges for admission decisions, covers English, mathematics, reading, and scientific reasoning. These categories may be unfamiliar if you are a little older as they were revised in 1989. Another ACT concept uses Best

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How to Install Watermark Sensors Updated

🕔16:25, 14.May 2021

Irrometer Watermark Series: Installation Procedures http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/irrometer-watermark-series-installation-procedures Publication Number: P3540 This publication series provides information and recommendations pertaining to the Irrometer Watermark 200SS, a granular matrix sensor commonly used in Mississippi for scheduling irrigation. Future publications will discuss other types of soil

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Practical steps to improve on-farm soil and nutrient stewardship

Practical steps to improve on-farm soil and nutrient stewardship Updated

🕔09:43, 13.May 2021

Title: Practical steps to improve on-farm soil and nutrient stewardship Location: Webinar Link out: Click here Description: Join Dr. Beth Baker and Dr. Larry Oldham with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, along with Mr. Parker Frew from Delta F.A.R.M.

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Velvetleaf

Velvetleaf Updated

🕔13:30, 12.May 2021

Weed flora of Mississippi Family: Malvaceae Genus: Abutilon                              Species: theophrasti History: Velvetleaf was introduced to North America from China or India by early European colonists for use as a fiber crop. Life Cycle: Summer annual Special Characteristics: Up to 7

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Managing with Delays in Planting (Podcast)

Managing with Delays in Planting (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:35, 12.May 2021

Trent and Brian hit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to address managing soybean and cotton planting after two weeks of little to no field work in most areas.  Topics include comparing current conditions with recent years, yield expectations,

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Postemergence Dicamba Applications in Xtend Soybean (Podcast)

Postemergence Dicamba Applications in Xtend Soybean (Podcast) Updated

🕔11:01, 11.May 2021

Trent Irby visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss requirements for dicamba applications in Xtend soybean.  Topics include application cutoff dates, tank mixtures, glyphosate formulations, record keeping, etc.

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Return on Investment, or Testimonials?

Return on Investment, or Testimonials? Updated

🕔16:06, 7.May 2021

Newspapers were all paper and sometimes quite thick when I was younger. I trained myself to ignore almost all the advertisements in them to speed things along, particularly with Sunday editions. It may chagrin the business community to learn that

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2021 Irrigation Season Approaching

2021 Irrigation Season Approaching Updated

🕔01:11, 7.May 2021

The Row-Crop Irrigation Science and Extension Research (RISER) was developed as a science based approach to evaluating irrigation Best Management Practices (BMPs) here in the Delta. The RISER program is designed to assist producers in reducing water use while maintaining

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How to Determine Where to Install Soil Moisture Sensors

How to Determine Where to Install Soil Moisture Sensors Updated

🕔09:32, 6.May 2021

Irrometer Watermark Series: Location Selection Link to publication: http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/irrometer-watermark-series-location-selection Publication Number: P3539 View as PDF: P3539.pdf This publication series provides information and recommendations pertaining to the Irrometer Watermark 200SS, a granular matrix sensor commonly used in Mississippi for scheduling irrigation. Future publications

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Stinkbugs and Thrips with Don and Whitney (Podcast)

Stinkbugs and Thrips with Don and Whitney (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:49, 5.May 2021

Don Cook and Whitney Crow hit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to talk about stinkbugs in corn, modeling thrips pressure in cotton, thrips management in cotton.  Jeff Gore throws in 2 cents toward the end. Note since the recording of

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2021 Virtual Insect Scout Schools

2021 Virtual Insect Scout Schools Updated

🕔15:30, 3.May 2021

Due to the uncertainty of being allowed to hold face to face meetings during the early planning sessions for our Insect Scout Schools, we decided to pre-record the entire scout school for General Thresholds, Cotton, Corn, Grain Sorghum, and Soybean

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Irrigation Survey Updated

🕔14:50, 3.May 2021

Help us by participating in an irrigation survey. The questions in this survey are only about furrow or flood irrigated croplands. Flood irrigated croplands still play an important role in supplying food, feed, and fiber demands in the US, but

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Early-season Weed Control with Daniel Stephenson (Podcast)

Early-season Weed Control with Daniel Stephenson (Podcast) Updated

🕔12:31, 27.Apr 2021

Daniel Stephenson with the LSU AgCenter calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about early-season weed management topics…corn weed control, johnsongrass in corn and soybeans, and nutsedge control.

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Zurweller on Peanut (Podcast)

Zurweller on Peanut (Podcast) Updated

🕔15:49, 21.Apr 2021

Brendan Zurweller visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to visit with Tom and Jason about peanut planting. Topics include the 2020 crop, 2021 acres, varieties, seed treatments, and more.

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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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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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