Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast

Irrigation Triggers for Corn, Soybean, and Cotton

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. 

 

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All Things Early-season Cotton

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. 

 

Corn Fertilizer and Irrigation Timing

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. 

 

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Thrips Pressure, ThryvOn Cotton, Acephate Uncertainty

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 row crops. 

 

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Managing Rice Stink Bug in Southern U.S. Rice

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 requested and granted for Endigo in recent years.  For 2024, the Section 18 request will only be submitted after supplies of Tenchu are exhausted.  Contact Don for more information and how to make plans for late-season rice management. 

 

Dealing with Off-target Herbicide Movement on Rice and Corn

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 the weather influences of 2024 on off-target herbicide movement. 

Clear Weather for the Optimum Mississippi Cotton Planting Window

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-season issues. 

 

Never Too Late to Talk About Ryegrass -- Crossover with Weeds AR Wild Podcast

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 does contain some information tailored to rice.  

 

Fighting the Weather to Get a Corn Crop Planted

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 erosion of raised beds affecting nodal root development. 

New Information on Agricultural Autonomy

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.msstate.edu.