The Mississippi Crop Situation podcast is provided by Mississippi State University Extension Service specialists responsible for agricultural row crops. Our goal is to provide Mississippi agricultural producers, consultants, farmers, and industry with up-to-date, timely, science-based information you can use to help maintain profitability.
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Unless something goes sideways, this should be the last insect podcast on real-time issues for 2024. Don and Tyler talked about thresholds and treatment terminations for loopers, kudzu bugs, and red-banded stink bugs in soybeans and plant bugs, bollworms and mites in cotton. Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msst…
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Drew sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about irrigation termination with Jason and Tom. Podcasts with Drew often conjure up a rain across at least some areas of Mississippi. That’s unlikely this time, but it’s never impossible. Drew, Tom, and Jason talk about what to look for when making decisions about turning off …
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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom discuss root knot nematode in the major row crops in Mississippi. They talk about diagnosing problems in the field, what root knot nematode may be confused with, and management strategies to try to stay ahead of the problem. This episode and more are available on our website: http:/…
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Gene Merkl is the Program Manager for the Pesticide Applicator and Recertification Program with Mississippi State Extension. Gene called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss updates to the pesticide certification training for Mississippi which were mandated nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency an…
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MSU Extension Director Angus Catchot and Associate Director Trent Irby visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio on a recent trip to Stoneville. Angus and Trent described their new roles in Extension administration and recounted things they had learned on the last few months transitioning to their new positions.…
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Trent Irby sat down with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the 2024 Mississippi soybean crop. Trent was promoted to a position as the Associate Director of Extension over Agriculture and Natural Resources beginning April 1, so there was some difficulty getting schedules to line up to get him on a podcast …
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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Don, Jason, and Tom discuss the situation with fall armyworms in rice. An Emergency Crisis Exemption has been granted for use of Intrepid 2F targeting fall armyworms in rice from July 11 through July 26.由Mississippi State Extension
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Bobby Golden sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville offer his perspective on the present and future of soil fertility and fertilizers. This episode wandered back and forth on topics and will definitely require a follow up. Some of the areas Bobby discussed with Jason and Tom include fertilizer use efficiency, biologicals, sustai…
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Andy Whittington with the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio during a recent visit to Stoneville to offer an update on the status of the Endangered Species Act and its influence on pesticide labeling. Andy is an authority on this subject. This legislation and the associated process that will change the w…
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Don and Tyler sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to offer an update on the progression of the insect portion of the crop year. Topics include plant bug infestations and management in cotton, some discussion on crop injury when mixing a variety of products, insect management in soybean, and a couple of regulatory concerns. Catch this episo…
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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom delve into the problem of goosegrass control in row crops. Glyphosate-resistant goosegrass is present in Mississippi, but not all populations are resistant to that herbicide. Poor control is compounded when circumstances like herbicide mixtures, application volume, hot temperatures,…
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Drew visited with Jason and Tom from the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville about initiating irrigation on the most common row crops in Mississippi. Topics ranged from triggering, to watering for crop demand, to being cautious with too much irrigation too soon. Listen to this episode and find more at our website: http://extension.msstate.ed…
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Brian Pieralisi visited with Tom Allen and Jason Bond in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville on how the early season is going for Mississippi’s cotton crop. They discuss the blown terminal phenomenon that has been observed in recent years, weed control, fertilizer management, and touch on growth regulators.…
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Erick Larson visited the Crops Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville on a rainy day to visit with Jason Bond and Tom Allen about corn fertilization and irrigation. They discussed top dress vs. side dress nitrogen fertilizer applications, when to apply a tassel nitrogen fertilizer application, and the appropriate strategy for corn irrigation. Listen…
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Don and Tyler are back in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio for a second week in a row. Tyler takes the lead to talk about thrips on cotton. Pressure is heavy but the weather has been good for cotton in most areas. They cover thrips pressure, ThryvOn performance, and finish with a discussion about the future of acephate as an insecticide option in r…
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Don and Tyler sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio with Jason and Tom to talk about rice stink bugs. Even though it’s only May and rice stink bugs are a late-season pest of rice, this discussion is important to work plans for the season. Tenchu has been a major insecticide for control of rice stink bugs; however, a Section 18 has been reque…
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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason Bond and Tom Allen talk in depth about paraquat drift on corn and rice in Mississippi. Mississippi State has done extensive work addressing crop management decisions following cases of off-target movement of paraquat in corn and rice. Jason and Tom summarize some of this work and talk about…
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Brian Pieralisi visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville last week to discuss the Mississippi cotton crop. Favorable weather has come in short stints, but it has allowed a good deal of Mississippi’s cotton acres to be planted recently. Brian, Jason, and Tom discuss some new traits, herbicide availability, nematodes and other early-sea…
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Jason did a recent episode of the Weeds AR Wild Podcast with Bob Scott from the University of Arkansas Systems Division of Agriculture and Tyler Hydrick, a crop consultant from Jonesboro, AR. They discuss ryegrass management, focusing on herbicide treatments, but also on some cultural practices too. The episode is really not crop specific, but it d…
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Erick Larson called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about the progress of corn planting across Mississippi. Some corn acres were planted in February, and some have yet to be planted. Problems encountered have included flooding in fields impacting corn before and after emergence, poor stands, and erosio…
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Madison Dixon from the Mississippi State University Agricultural Autonomy Institute visited the Crop Doctor’s Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Tom and Jason about updated regulations for commercial operation of unmanned aerial vehicles in Mississippi. More information on the Agricultural Autonomy Institute can be found at https://www.aai.m…
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Jarrod Hardke from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about rice in the upper Midsouth. Topics include planting progress, effects of weather, herbicide drift, and grass management when the wind dries fields out.…
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Travis Faske with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss his work on root-knot nematodes in soybean. More information on his work evaluating soybean varieties for host plant resistance can be accessed at https://arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts/disease/2023-soybean-variti…
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Daniel Stephenson with the LSU AgCenter is the authority on johnsongrass management in row crops in the Midsouth. Daniel called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to share with Tom and Jason tips for controlling johnsongrass in row crops in the Midsouth.由Mississippi State Extension
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DREC has a “new” Ag Economist. Dr. Steve Martin served previously as an economist and as the station head at Stoneville before holding a variety of positions with Mississippi State University, including most recently the interim Director of Extension. Steve visited the Crop Doctors’ podcast studio to talk with Jason and Tom about the projects and p…
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Dave Spencer from the MSU Water Resources Research Institute in Starkville, along with Drew Gholson, visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about preparing for irrigation for 2024. Even though it’s early April, several tasks can be performed to ensure that when it gets hot and dry in the coming months, irr…
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Frank Carey with Valent USA and Tom Eubank with Nutrien Ag Solutions visit the Crops Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive on weed shifts in Mississippi over the last few years. Frank, Tom, Jason, and Tom Allen discuss selection pressure, evolution of herbicide programs, cycles in management, etc. that have caused these weed species…
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Lance Newman visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to introduce Alex Deason as the new Regional Extension Coordinator for the Delta Region within MSU Extension. Alex most recently served as the Agriculture and Natural Resources and 4-H agent in Sunflower County. After introducing Alex for his new role, the conversation ranges from …
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Charles Downs of Downs Ag Consulting visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville a few weeks ago while at a meeting at DREC. Charles has been an independent crop consultant in the Mississippi Delta for 13 years. Charles, Tom, and Jason discuss Charles entry into the business, what a typical day looks like as a crop consultant, and the va…
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Mark Silva with Mississippi State Extension visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the network of weather stations managed by the Delta Agricultural Weather Center, which is housed at the Delta Research and Extension Center. Mark summarizes soil temperatures from across the state and posts numbers weekly on the Mississippi…
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Erick called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about corn planting. Temperatures have been unseasonably warm and fields have dried out to the point where fieldwork is possible across areas of Mississippi. Erick, Tom, and Jason discuss keys for triggering corn planting, including soil temperature and soil moisture. They als…
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Drs. John Byrd with Mississippi State Extension and David Russell with Auburn University were speakers on the program at the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville in December. John and David visited with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, during the short course about trends in weed management and what both of these weed sci…
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Darla Huff and George Goodwin visits with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.adspipe.com.由Mississippi State Extension
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Bobby Golden visits with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.simplot.com.由Mississippi State Extension
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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, discuss the recent ruling to vacate the labels for Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium. On February 6, the U.S. Disctrict Court for the District of Arizona ruled to vacate labeling for the dicamba herbicides labeled for use in Xtend crops. T…
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Dr. Stanley Culpepper from the University of Georgia and Dr. Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee sat down with Jason and Tom during the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course in Starkville in December to discuss the impending changes in pesticide labeling and re-labeling under the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act. The concepts surrou…
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Lawson Priess visits with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.fmc.com/en.由Mississippi State Extension
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Colton Thomas and Steele Hardin visit with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://southernagcredit.com.由Mississippi State Extension
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Kaelin Saul and Andrew Stolte visit with Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://agriculture.basf.us/content/basf/cxm/agriculture/us/en/agriculture.html.由Mississippi State Extension
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Steve Nichols and Andy White visit with Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://agriculture.basf.us/crop-protection/products/seeds/stoneville.html.由Mississippi State Extension
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Mike McCormick, Justin Ferguson, and Craig Hankins with the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation visit with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more about the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation at https://msfb.org.…
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Dennis Reginelli and Bailey Dulaney from the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board visit with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more about the promotion board at https://mssoy.org.由Mississippi State Extension
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Tim Ford and Brock Waggoner visit with Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more about Helm Agro at https://us.helmcrop.com由Mississippi State Extension
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Shawn Butler visits with MSU Extension Research/Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as a Maroon sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more about Corteva at https://corteva.us由Mississippi State Extension
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Brandon Potts, Drew Fandell, and Matt Dorsey visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Maroon sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates.由Mississippi State Extension
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Jeremy Watts visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.vivecrop.com.由Mississippi State Extension
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Alan Majier visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.waypointanalytical.com/AgServices.由Mississippi State Extension
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John Marshall and Cade Moody visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.wadeincorporated.com.由Mississippi State Extension
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Dr. Terry Spurlock from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture sat down with MSU Extension Research/Professors Drs. Jason Bond and Tom Allen at the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course in Starkville to discuss a range of topics related to plant diseases and fungicide resistance important for farmers in the Midsouth. Notably, Terry describe…
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Mr. Gene Merkl is the Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator and manages the Pesticide Applicator Certification Program for MSU Extension. Gene recently had a training session scheduled at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. While he was in Stoneville, Gene took a few minutes to discuss his program with Tom and Jason in the Crop …
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