Mississippi row crop growers are planning to plant more soybeans and corn in 2021 than they did last year but not as much cotton, rice or hay.
The National Agricultural Statistics Service, a branch of the U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
• By Bruce Schultz •
An Louisiana State University graduate student has identified and named a new fungal species that causes a devastating soybean disease, and the finding has been published in a scientific journal.
LSU doctoral student Teddy Garcia-Aroca identified...
Like many other meetings during the past several months, the Tri-State Soybean Forum has moved to a virtual format for 2021.
Hosted by the Louisiana State University AgCenter this year, the annual meeting includes crop updates from specialists from Louisiana,...
Researchers from the Mississippi State University Extension Service are looking to collect row-crop farmers’ feedback on stress related to farming.
The focus group sessions are part of the MSU Extension opioid prevention campaign PReventing Opioid Misuse In the SouthEast, or...
• By Trent Irby •
Many consider variety selection as one of the most important management decisions of the season. With lots of excellent soybean varieties to choose from, this decision can sometimes be time consuming.
Remember, factors such as soil...
• By Trent Irby and Tom Allen •
When previously posted, two locations from this year’s program had yet to be harvested. Since that time, harvest has been completed and the link below has been updated to reflect the addition...
Soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta are hustling to beat Hurricane Delta.
Row crop producers across the state are joining in the scramble to harvest as many of their crops as possible before the storm’s expected heavy rains batter their...
• By Trent Irby and Drew Gholson •
While some acres have finished and combines have started moving across fields, other acres that were planted later are still progressing through late reproductive growth stages.
With that said, a lot of our...
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 nematodes are the most damaging nematode pests of Mississippi soybeans....
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 Research have jointly launched a virtual showcase of 11 soil...
• 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 is Heligen. In the past week, many people have asked...
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 National Agricultural Statistics Service released a report at the end...
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 flooded,” he says. “I didn’t have a crop this year....
• 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 cotton and soybeans. The issue was not from a numbers...
• 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 has become our limiting factor. It has ultimately limited our...
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