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Rice Status and Row Rice Strategies in Mississippi (Podcast)

Rice Status and Row Rice Strategies in Mississippi (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:11, 9.May 2023

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Hunter, Jason, and Tom discuss the start to the 2023 Mississippi rice crop.  Acres are up from 2022 and even from projections earlier in 2023.  The discussion starts off with early-season problems

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Final Redbanded Stink Bug Survey of 2023

Final Redbanded Stink Bug Survey of 2023 Updated

🕔08:45, 3.May 2023

RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of May 3, 2023: Attala- 0/100 sweeps Grenada- 0/ 100 sweeps Kemper- 0/ 100 sweeps Montgomery- 0/ 100 sweeps Neshoba- 0/ 100 sweeps Noxubee- 0/ 100 sweeps Sharkey- 1 adult/ 100 sweeps

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Stink Bug Situation: Browns in Corn and Redbandeds in Clover (Podcast)

Stink Bug Situation: Browns in Corn and Redbandeds in Clover (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:10, 2.May 2023

Don, Tyler, Jason, and Tom sit down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss all things stink bug.  They talk about the entomology groups monitoring programs, management of brown stink bugs in vegetative corn, stink bug over

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2023 Agronomic Scout School

2023 Agronomic Scout School Updated

🕔12:32, 1.May 2023

The Mississippi State Row Crop Team will be hosting three scout schools in 2023.  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

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Survey Results for Redbanded Stink Bugs

Survey Results for Redbanded Stink Bugs Updated

🕔07:19, 1.May 2023

RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of April 24, 2023: Humphreys- 8 adults/100 sweeps Issaquena- 4 adults/ 100 sweeps Leflore- 1 adult/ 100 sweeps Sharkey- 0/ 100 sweeps Sunflower- 2 adults/ 100 sweeps Yazoo- 1 adult and 1

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New DREC Entomologist Tyler Towles (Podcast)

New DREC Entomologist Tyler Towles (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:59, 25.Apr 2023

Dr. Tyler Towles is a graduate of the Mississippi State University entomology program.  He most recently worked with the LSU AgCenter, but he has returned to his native Mississippi to work as an entomologist at the Delta Research and Extension

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Ditch Bank Survey Results for the week of April 17, 2023

Ditch Bank Survey Results for the week of April 17, 2023 Updated

🕔13:34, 21.Apr 2023

RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of April 17, 2023: Attala- 0/100 sweeps Calhoun- 0/100 sweeps Grenada- 0/100 sweeps Hinds- 12 adults/100 sweeps Kemper- 0/100 sweeps Lauderdale- 0/100 sweeps Leflore- 0/100 sweeps Lowndes- 0/100 sweeps Montgomery- 0/100 sweeps

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Guava Root-knot Nematode in Sweet Potato (Podcast)

Guava Root-knot Nematode in Sweet Potato (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:36, 20.Apr 2023

MSU Extension Sweet Potato Specialist Lorin Harvey calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the Guava root-knot nematode and the potential problems for Mississippi sweet potato. The guava root-knot nematode is similar to the southern root-knot

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Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi

Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔08:57, 17.Apr 2023

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

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Planting Season Swings to Soybean in Mississippi (Podcast)

Planting Season Swings to Soybean in Mississippi (Podcast) Updated

🕔08:04, 13.Apr 2023

Trent dropped by the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about the beginnings of soybean planting across Mississippi. So far so good for the acres that are in. They discuss the 2023 weather patterns,

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Redbanded Stink Bug Survey as of 4.13.2023

Redbanded Stink Bug Survey as of 4.13.2023 Updated

🕔07:59, 13.Apr 2023

RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of April 10, 2023: Benton- 0/100 sweeps Calhoun- 0/ 100 sweeps Carroll- 8 adults/ 100 sweeps Chickasaw- 0/ 100 sweeps Choctaw- 0/ 100 sweeps Clay- 0 / 100 sweeps Hinds- 5 adults/

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Real Time and Past Rainfall events in Mississippi are Available on the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website

Real Time and Past Rainfall events in Mississippi are Available on the Delta Agricultural Weather Center’s Website Updated

🕔13:37, 11.Apr 2023

Please visit our website to get Real Time and Past Rainfall events in your area. Check out the Map page for Real Time Weather in your area. By just clicking on the Pin Drops for each Station.  Go to the

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Redbanded Stink Bug Ditch Bank Surveys 4.7.2023

Redbanded Stink Bug Ditch Bank Surveys 4.7.2023 Updated

🕔14:48, 7.Apr 2023

RBSB Ditch Bank Survey results from the week of April 7, 2023: Kemper- 0/100 sweeps Lauderdale- 0/100 sweeps Leake- 1 Adult/100 sweeps Noxubee- 0/100 sweeps Oktibbeha- 0/100 sweeps Rankin- 1 Adult /100 sweeps Scott- 2 Adults/100 sweeps Washington- 1 Adult/100

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Head Scab of Wheat Discussion with LSU AgCenter Plant Pathologists (Podcast)

Head Scab of Wheat Discussion with LSU AgCenter Plant Pathologists (Podcast) Updated

🕔09:14, 6.Apr 2023

Boyd Padgett and Trey Price with the LSU AgCenter call into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss head scab of wheat. Head scab annually carries potential as the most yield limiting disease of wheat in the South.

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Early-season Cotton Discussion: Acres, ThryvOn, Nematodes (Podcast)

Early-season Cotton Discussion: Acres, ThryvOn, Nematodes (Podcast) Updated

🕔11:49, 30.Mar 2023

Brian visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast Studio in Stoneville to talk cotton.  Acreage forecasts have dipped due to recent price reduction.  Following a discussion on acreage guesses for 2023, Brian, Jason, and Tom discuss the commercialization of the ThryvOn trait

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Conservation for Farm Profitability (Podcast)

Conservation for Farm Profitability (Podcast) Updated

🕔11:47, 30.Mar 2023

Dr. Mark McConnell, quail biologist with the Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Experiment Station, calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss opportunities with conservation programs in the U.S. Farm Bill.  Mark works with precision ag data to

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Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi

Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔11:25, 29.Mar 2023

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

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Cooler Temperatures Impact Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures Throughout the State of Mississippi

Cooler Temperatures Impact Average 2 Inch Soil Temperatures Throughout the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔08:49, 21.Mar 2023

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

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2023 Recommendations for Thrips Management

2023 Recommendations for Thrips Management Updated

🕔13:31, 16.Mar 2023

Since the development of widespread resistance to neonicotinoid seed treatments, we have been recommending the use of Acephate (Orthene) at planting, either as an overtreatment at 6.4 oz per cwt or up to a pound in-furrow. For several years, this

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Early Corn Planting in Mississippi

Early Corn Planting in Mississippi Updated

🕔10:30, 16.Mar 2023

    Erick calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the early planting for corn that has taken place over the last couple of weeks.  Erick, Jason, and Tom discuss 2023 corn acres, temperature and moisture

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Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi

Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔08:00, 13.Mar 2023

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

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2022 Row Crop Short Course Platinum Sponsor—Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (Podcast)

2022 Row Crop Short Course Platinum Sponsor—Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:22, 8.Mar 2023

Craig Hankins from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation visits with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2022 Row Crop Short Course.

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Bridging Winter to Spring with Italian Ryegrass Control (Podcast)

Bridging Winter to Spring with Italian Ryegrass Control (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:21, 8.Mar 2023

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom have a one-on-one conversation related to controlling Italian ryegrass with postemergence burndown treatments. They discuss the contrasting weather in 2021-22 and 2022-23 and its effects on Italian ryegrass growth

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Managing Turfgrass in the South (Podcast) Updated

🕔07:19, 8.Mar 2023

Mississippi State Extension Turfgrass Specialist Jay McCurdy calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast Studio in Stoneville to discuss turfgrass management.  Jay, Jason, and Tom discuss differences in the common turfgrass species utilized in Mississippi, spring weed control and fertilizer applications,

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Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi

Updated Past 7 Day Average Maximum and Minimum 2 inch Soil Temperatures for the State of Mississippi Updated

🕔08:39, 6.Mar 2023

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

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