Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast

Assessing Hail and Wind Damage in Mississippi Crops

Erick and Trent call into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about what they have seen and the questions they are fielding related to storm damage to the state’s corn and soybean crops incurred over the last 10 days.  Topics include percent defoliation, green snap in corn, and how to manage the crop after the storms.  

Nitrogen, Water, and Weevils in Rice

Don and Hunter visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk rice management recommendations for Mississippi farmers.  Don, Hunter, Jason, and Tom discuss rice water weevil numbers and management strategies. They proceed into a discussion of nitrogen fertilizer management and end up comparing notes on furrow-irrigated rice production. 

Thrips Management and Resistance Status

Whitney, Tyler, and Don sit down with Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about one of the hottest topics right now for cotton farmers and consultants in Mississippi: thrips management.  Whitney and Tyler offer suggestions for management as well as discuss the current status of resistance in thrips populations in Mississippi. 

Soybean Irrigation Triggers Early

Trent and Drew visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about soybean irrigation in Mississippi agriculture. It got dry in a hurry in many areas of Mississippi.  Trent and Drew are fielding many questions from Mississippi farmers about a range of topics on soybean irrigation.  Even though a variety of growth stages are represented across the state, many wells are already pumping water to the developing crop.

Tassel Nitrogen Fertilizer Suggestions for Mississippi Farmers

Erick visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about nitrogen fertilizer management in corn.  Topics include timings, rates, additives, etc. to utilize when applying a tassel fertilizer application in corn.  Erick wraps up with some suggestions for managing the parts of the state’s crop that were planted a little later. 

Moisture Sensors for Corn and Rice Irrigation

Drew, Jason, and Tom sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about irrigation for corn and rice in Mississippi.  Soil moisture sensors have become an increasingly important tool for farmers in Mississippi agriculture.  Topics discussed include triggering corn irrigation using soil moisture sensor information and the growing utility of sensors for rice irrigation.

Peanut Weed Control and Herbicide Survey with Eric Prostko

University of Georgia Extension Weed Specialist Eric Prostko calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about weed control programs in peanut as well as the results of a recent survey of Extension weed scientists he conducted. The University of Georgia weed science program has a great website with lots of important information. It can be found at http://www.gaweed.com.

Five Years of the Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast

Bobby Golden makes a special appearance in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about building the Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast.  Credit for the idea for the podcast goes to Ms. Ellen Graves in Mississippi State Extension Ag Communications.  Bobby took the idea and built out the technical quality.  We hope the podcast continues to be a useful source of information for farmers and agricultural practitioners in Mississippi and beyond.

Rice Status and Row Rice Strategies in Mississippi

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 and then progresses into a discussion of weed, disease, and nitrogen fertilizer management in row rice production.

Stink Bug Situation: Browns in Corn and Redbandeds in Clover

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 wintering, and the status of redbanded stink bugs in Mississippi in spring 2023.