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 consider in 2020.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Prospective Plantings...
• 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. I’m sure irrigation is the last thing on most folks'...
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 the MSU Extension Service, said the MSU Soil Testing Laboratory...
• By Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow, Don Cook and Jeff Gore •
We have been getting some questions about what to expect this upcoming season with redbanded stink bugs in soybean. While we have had a few freezes and cold...
• By Trent Irby •
Variety selection can be considered to be one of the most important management decisions for the season. Factors such as soil texture, planting date, irrigation capabilities, row spacing, harvest capacity, among others, will influence the...
• By Jason Bond and Ben Lawrence •
The Environmental Protection Agency mandated manufacturers to update their paraquat labels by Nov. 14 with new safety, handling and training requirements.
Key Points to Remember:
• Purchasers, applicators, mixers, loaders, or tank cleaners of...
Nearly 500 people have already pre-registered for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course. The program, complete with CCA credits, can be downloaded by clicking here.
The 2019 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center...
Producers are tracing the mixed results they see from the 2019 Mississippi soybean harvest back to early struggles getting the crop started.
Trent Irby, Mississippi State University Extension Service soybean specialist, said there were extreme environmental challenges for all crops...
The Mississippi State University Extension Service Plant Diagnostic Lab is offering free nematode testing for all Mississippi-grown soybeans through Aug. 30, 2020.
This season’s testing was expanded to include all soybean nematode pests, not just the soybean cyst nematode or...
• By Tom Allen •
Soybean rust
We don’t talk about soybean rust much as an issue, because it rarely has impacted yield. But with some late soybean acres in Mississippi, monitoring the disease this season might be important. To date,...
• By Trent Irby •
As we move into September, we have had a few acres of soybean harvested, some that have already received a harvest aid, many that are getting close to maturity, and, in the case of the...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Soybean growers applying harvest aids near rice should pay special attention to minimize drift, which can potentially cause significant rice yield reductions even late in the season, says Justin McCoy, a Mississippi State University graduate...
The process of planting this year’s soybean crop in Mississippi has been anything but normal.
The only consistent variable has been rain and a lot of it — from an unusually wet winter and spring to the stormwater the state...
• By Trent Irby •
To say that this planting season has been full of challenges with respect to weather conditions would be an extreme understatement. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mississippi soybean planting as...
Mississippi State University has hired Drew Gholson as an assistant professor and the irrigation specialist with the MSU Delta Research and Extension Center and the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer Water Center. He began his new job April 1...
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