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The Mississippi State University Extension Service is offering another year of free testing for often overlooked nematode pests that frequently cause poor crop performance. Soil-dwelling root-knot, reniform and soybean cyst …

Row-crop growers and consultants now have an online resource for objective information on soil moisture monitoring systems. The Mississippi State University Extension Service and the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer …

• By Whitney Crow, Angus Catchot, Jeff Gore and Don Cook • There are several biological insecticide options labelled in soybean; however, the most readily available and widely used product …

Cotton and corn acreage in Mississippi are more than 30% below March projections, while growers of soybeans and peanuts planted much more than initially forecasted. The U.S. Department of Agriculture …

In a normal year, Clay Adcock grows 4,000 acres of corn, cotton and soybeans near Holly Bluff, Mississippi. But 2019 was anything but normal. “All of my farmland was completely …

• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Don Cook and Whitney Crow• The 2019 season was one of the most challenging years we have had from a bollworm standpoint in both …

• By Angus Catchot, Don Cook, Whitney Crow and Jeff Gore • This year has been unusual to say the least with the COVID-19 outbreak. During this time, worker availability …

Weather always plays a role in the spring planting decisions of Mississippi row-crop producers, but the market impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is another variable they will have to …

• By Drew Gholson and Dan Roach • Here it is almost late March and wet again. We noticed some field work and corn planting south of Highway 82 yesterday. …

Fertilizer recommendations are constantly examined and rarely modified, but change came this year after Mississippi State University research demonstrated higher potassium recommendations increase soybean yields. Larry Oldham, soil specialist with …