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Flood Irrigated Soybean Yield Considerations

Flood Irrigated Soybean Yield Considerations Updated

🕔06:03, 19.Jun 2020

Traditionally, many rice farmers chose to flood irrigate their soybeans. Rice farmers were accustomed to pulling levees in rice fields, so it was a natural fit to irrigate soybeans in the same fashion. With the decreasing water levels in the

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Early Season Plant Bug Management Utilizing Square Retention

Early Season Plant Bug Management Utilizing Square Retention Updated

🕔15:27, 12.Jun 2020

With the season progressing and the onset of pinhead square, square retention will be an important factor in early season plant bug management.  Prior to bloom, monitoring square retention is highly recommended as an additional tool to compliment sweep net

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Producers Benefit from Multiple Side Inlet in Rice Production. Updated

🕔13:36, 8.Jun 2020

Most of the area rice is close to the permanent flood timing or will be after this tropical depression. With water being one of the most expensive inputs of the rice producer, utilizing methods to limit the amount of water

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MDAC Press Release Updated

🕔12:34, 8.Jun 2020

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND COMMERCE ANDY GIPSON COMMISSIONER PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 8, 2020 Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce Contact: Paige Manning, Director of Marketing and Public Relations 601-359-1163 paige@mdac.ms.gov MDAC Continues to Enforce

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2019 Soybean OVT Foliar Disease Evaluations: Maturity Group IV

2019 Soybean OVT Foliar Disease Evaluations: Maturity Group IV Updated

🕔15:07, 26.May 2020

The MSU OVT soybean locations were evaluated for disease during the 2019 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.

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Planning Budget Update due to COVID-19

Planning Budget Update due to COVID-19 Updated

🕔09:04, 11.May 2020

By: Evan Gregory, Department of Agricultural Economics Introduction COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the U.S economy and agriculture has not been immune from the downturn. Given the current economic environment, the 2020 Row Crop Planning Budgets produced by

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Calibration of In-Furrow Sprays

Calibration of In-Furrow Sprays Updated

🕔09:31, 2.May 2020

As we finally move into drier conditions and cotton planting is starting full swing, more and more folks are adopting in-furrow sprays for thrips control. We have had several questions regarding calibration of in-furrow sprays. Below are are few tips

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Redbanded Stink Bug Survey: Week of 4/27/20

Redbanded Stink Bug Survey: Week of 4/27/20 Updated

🕔14:49, 1.May 2020

We have sampled enough areas at this point to feel reasonably certain that some areas will experience issues with RBSB this season. To what extent is yet to be determined. We will likely not continue the weekly surveys in weeks

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Farm Labor Program Announced

Farm Labor Program Announced Updated

🕔12:56, 27.Apr 2020

The Mississippi Congressional delegation, Mississippi Farm Bureau, Mississippi National Guard and Reserves, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi State University Extension Service, and other agriculture-focused groups have facilitated the pairing of furloughed or unemployed members of the Guard, Reserve,

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2020 Cotton, Corn, and Soybean Outlook Updated

🕔14:52, 21.Feb 2020

The USDA recently presented their first projections for 2020/21 marketing year at the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum in Washington D.C. This post will summarize the U.S. highlights of the reports for cotton, corn, and soybeans. The projections assume normal weather

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Irrigation Training

Irrigation Training Updated

🕔08:54, 19.Feb 2020

Mississippi State University and Delta Plastics invite you to a gathering to discuss irrigation in the mid-south. – Introducing Drew Gholson, MSU irrigation specialist – Pipe Planner training and planning for the 2020 season Friday, February 21, 2020 11:00 am at

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Last Chance for Free Registration: 2019 Row Crop Short Course

Last Chance for Free Registration: 2019 Row Crop Short Course Updated

🕔08:10, 23.Nov 2019

Over 800 people have already pre-registered for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course. The program (complete with CCA credits) for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course is complete and can be viewed by clicking the link below.  The 2019 Row

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Delta Area Rice Meeting November 21st.

Delta Area Rice Meeting November 21st. Updated

🕔07:34, 7.Nov 2019

The 2019 Delta Area Rice Meeting will be held at the Bolivar Co. Extension office on November 21st, 2019.  Mississippi rice producers, industry professionals, and other interested parties are invited to listen to presentations from MSU research and Extension faculty

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2019 Row Crop Short Course

2019 Row Crop Short Course Updated

🕔08:36, 12.Oct 2019

The preliminary program for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course is complete and can be viewed by clicking the link below.  The 2019 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center in Starkville, MS from

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Use the CCA App to Get Your CEUs

Use the CCA App to Get Your CEUs Updated

🕔11:06, 3.Oct 2019

Although it has been a little warm, winter meeting season is approaching. Certified Crop Advisers can be prepared to get the proper credit for their CEU’s. Do this before the meetings. #mscrops

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2019 Mississippi Rice Field Day – Thursday August 8

2019 Mississippi Rice Field Day – Thursday August 8 Updated

🕔13:30, 6.Aug 2019

The 2019 MSU-DREC Rice Producer Field Day will be held on August 8, at the Delta Research and Extension Center at 3:30 p.m. The program will begin at the Capps center with a brief welcome prior to departing for the

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Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – July 12, 2019

Southwestern Corn Borer Traps – July 12, 2019 Updated

🕔08:40, 13.Jul 2019

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Podcast: Early Season Insect Management in Cotton

Podcast: Early Season Insect Management in Cotton Updated

🕔13:03, 19.Jun 2019

This podcast discusses threecornered alfalfa hoppers, thrips, and aphids in cotton. Please click the icon below to listen to the podcast.

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Heliothine Trap Counts, May 31, 2019

Heliothine Trap Counts, May 31, 2019 Updated

🕔11:33, 31.May 2019

This is the first week of 2019 to report trap counts from bollworm and tobacco budworm moth traps placed in several production areas in Mississippi. Each monitored county has 3-4 pheromone traps for each species that are checked on a

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2018 Row Crop Short Course Presentations Available

2018 Row Crop Short Course Presentations Available Updated

🕔09:18, 18.Apr 2019

The 2018 Mississippi State University (MSU) Row Crop Short Course, held in December, showcased presentations by growers, industry experts, and row crop specialists on topics such as nematode management, weed control, off-target movement of herbicides, and the 2019 economic outlook.

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Be sure to check those Watermark sensors.

Be sure to check those Watermark sensors. Updated

🕔16:47, 5.Apr 2019

After a long wet winter,  irrigation is the last thing on most folks minds.  Now that we have a little field work completed and some planting done, here are some things to consider to prepare for irrigation season this summer. 

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FREE Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing Through August 30, 2019

FREE Soybean Cyst Nematode Testing Through August 30, 2019 Updated

🕔11:59, 29.Mar 2019

The Mississippi State University Extension Service is offering free Soybean Cyst Nematode testing through August 30, 2019. For details click the links below. Soybean Cyst Nematode Sample Submission Form SCOUTING AND SOIL TESTING FOR SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE

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Bug’s Eye View Newsletter

Bug’s Eye View Newsletter Updated

🕔07:28, 18.Mar 2019

From Dr. Blake Layton: Interested in learning more about some of the South’s non-row crop insect pests, the kind of pests your friends and family are always asking you about? Bug’s Eye View is a free, weekly electronic newsletter written

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Early Season Paraquat Drift on Rice

Early Season Paraquat Drift on Rice Updated

🕔10:59, 14.Mar 2019

Off target drift of paraquat has increased with the use of paraquat burndown behind the planter for resistance management.  Under the direction of Dr. Jason Bond, evaluating the effects of early season paraquat drift on rice has been the dissertation

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Agricultural Water Research Center Opens, Grower Participation Needed

Agricultural Water Research Center Opens, Grower Participation Needed Updated

🕔09:52, 21.Feb 2019

A new research center in the Mississippi Delta is tasked with studying agricultural water management to protect this critical natural resource.  The center primarily focus will be on water management in Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Missouri region. Plans for establishing

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