Drew sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about irrigation termination with Jason and Tom. Podcasts with Drew often conjure up a rain across at least some areas of Mississippi. That’s unlikely this time, but it’s never impossible. Drew, Tom, and Jason talk about what to look for when making decisions about turning off …

Extension Cotton Specialists Drs. Randy Norton (University of Arizona), Brian Pieralisi (Mississippi State) and Camp Hand (University of Georgia) join host Steve Brown to discuss approaches, means, methods and challenges of irrigation in their respective regions. We also discuss WHEN to quit, when to shut off irrigation and the associated factors t…

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom discuss root knot nematode in the major row crops in Mississippi. They talk about diagnosing problems in the field, what root knot nematode may be confused with, and management strategies to try to stay ahead of the problem. This episode and more are available on our website: http:/…

Gene Merkl is the Program Manager for the Pesticide Applicator and Recertification Program with Mississippi State Extension. Gene called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss updates to the pesticide certification training for Mississippi which were mandated nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agency an…

MSU Extension Director Angus Catchot and Associate Director Trent Irby visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio on a recent trip to Stoneville. Angus and Trent described their new roles in Extension administration and recounted things they had learned on the last few months transitioning to their new positions.…

Cotton Entomologists Drs. Scott Graham (Auburn University) and Phillip Roberts (University of Georgia) join host Steve Brown to discuss management of this common pest ... at least a pest that is ever-present in the Southeast and perhaps some other parts of the Belt. Topics include why stink bugs are a threat in many areas, basic biology and life cy…

Trent Irby sat down with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the 2024 Mississippi soybean crop. Trent was promoted to a position as the Associate Director of Extension over Agriculture and Natural Resources beginning April 1, so there was some difficulty getting schedules to line up to get him on a podcast …

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Don, Jason, and Tom discuss the situation with fall armyworms in rice. An Emergency Crisis Exemption has been granted for use of Intrepid 2F targeting fall armyworms in rice from July 11 through July 26.By Mississippi State Extension

Bobby Golden sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville offer his perspective on the present and future of soil fertility and fertilizers. This episode wandered back and forth on topics and will definitely require a follow up. Some of the areas Bobby discussed with Jason and Tom include fertilizer use efficiency, biologicals, sustai…

Andy Whittington with the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio during a recent visit to Stoneville to offer an update on the status of the Endangered Species Act and its influence on pesticide labeling. Andy is an authority on this subject. This legislation and the associated process that will change the w…

Don and Tyler sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to offer an update on the progression of the insect portion of the crop year. Topics include plant bug infestations and management in cotton, some discussion on crop injury when mixing a variety of products, insect management in soybean, and a couple of regulatory concerns. Catch this episo…

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason and Tom delve into the problem of goosegrass control in row crops. Glyphosate-resistant goosegrass is present in Mississippi, but not all populations are resistant to that herbicide. Poor control is compounded when circumstances like herbicide mixtures, application volume, hot temperatures,…

Soil Scientists / Fertility Experts Drs. Hunter Frame (Virginia Tech), Glen Harris (University of Georgia), Audrey Gamble (Auburn University) and Katie Lewis (Texas A&M) join host Steve Brown of Auburn to discuss the challenges associated with K management in cotton. Sometimes, particularly in the the Lower Southeast, we can fertilize appropriately…

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. Listen to this episode and find more at our website: http://extension.msstate.ed…

Numerous Extension Cotton Specialists from across the U.S. provide an update on the 2024 crop as of June 7. Reports include planting progress, expected final acreage crop, crop condition and emerging issues and challenges. Information from 10 states is provided, from Arizona to Virginia.By Extension Cotton Specialists

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.…

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. Listen…

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 r…

Bhupinder Farmaha (Clemson University), Tyson Raper (University of Tennessee), John Arnall (Oklahoma State) and Katie Lewis (Texas A&M) join host Steve Brown to discuss N management in cotton. The session addresses: Are we using too much N in some areas? Why do many N studies across the Belt show limited or even no response to N? If that is the cas…

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 reque…

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…

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-sea…

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 d…

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 erosio…

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.m…

Jarrod Hardke from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about rice in the upper Midsouth. Topics include planting progress, effects of weather, herbicide drift, and grass management when the wind dries fields out.…

Travis Faske with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss his work on root-knot nematodes in soybean. More information on his work evaluating soybean varieties for host plant resistance can be accessed at https://arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts/disease/2023-soybean-variti…

Daniel Stephenson with the LSU AgCenter is the authority on johnsongrass management in row crops in the Midsouth. Daniel called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to share with Tom and Jason tips for controlling johnsongrass in row crops in the Midsouth.By Mississippi State Extension

DREC has a “new” Ag Economist. Dr. Steve Martin served previously as an economist and as the station head at Stoneville before holding a variety of positions with Mississippi State University, including most recently the interim Director of Extension. Steve visited the Crop Doctors’ podcast studio to talk with Jason and Tom about the projects and p…

Drs. Brian Pieralisi (Mississippi State) and Brian Arnall (Oklahoma State) join host Steve Brown in a broad discussion on the subject of new Biological, Microbial and other products targeted to improve crop productivity. We discuss the 2023 Beltwide Cotton Incorporated project in this realm and also chase several "rabbits," including topics such as…

Fred Bourland (University of Arkansas) and John Snider (University of Georgia) join host Steve Brown for another discussion on cotton seed quality. We talk about seed quality variations within the plant, within varieties, the effects of ginning and acid delinting, seed vigor versus seedling vigor and other related issues. This is the second of two …

Dave Spencer from the MSU Water Resources Research Institute in Starkville, along with Drew Gholson, visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about preparing for irrigation for 2024. Even though it’s early April, several tasks can be performed to ensure that when it gets hot and dry in the coming months, irr…

Frank Carey with Valent USA and Tom Eubank with Nutrien Ag Solutions visit the Crops Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for a deep dive on weed shifts in Mississippi over the last few years. Frank, Tom, Jason, and Tom Allen discuss selection pressure, evolution of herbicide programs, cycles in management, etc. that have caused these weed species…

Fred Bourland (University of Arkansas), Camp Hand and John Snider (University of Georgia) and Lori Unruh Snyder (NC State) join host Steve Brown in a detailed discussion on Seed Quality. Subjects include Cotton Incorporated Beltwide Seed Quality Projects 1.0 and 2.0, visual mechanical damage (VMD), seed quality measurements, comparisons with seed i…

Lance Newman visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to introduce Alex Deason as the new Regional Extension Coordinator for the Delta Region within MSU Extension. Alex most recently served as the Agriculture and Natural Resources and 4-H agent in Sunflower County. After introducing Alex for his new role, the conversation ranges from …

Charles Downs of Downs Ag Consulting visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville a few weeks ago while at a meeting at DREC. Charles has been an independent crop consultant in the Mississippi Delta for 13 years. Charles, Tom, and Jason discuss Charles entry into the business, what a typical day looks like as a crop consultant, and the va…

Mark Silva with Mississippi State Extension visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the network of weather stations managed by the Delta Agricultural Weather Center, which is housed at the Delta Research and Extension Center. Mark summarizes soil temperatures from across the state and posts numbers weekly on the Mississippi…

Drs. Mike Jones of Clemson University and Ken Lege of Texas A&M join host Steve Brown of Auburn to discuss methods of variety testing and evaluation as well as the process of variety development at the corporate level. We talk about small plot OVTs versus large scale on-farm trials and the relative strengths of each. Variety selection is extremely …

Erick called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about corn planting. Temperatures have been unseasonably warm and fields have dried out to the point where fieldwork is possible across areas of Mississippi. Erick, Tom, and Jason discuss keys for triggering corn planting, including soil temperature and soil moisture. They als…

Drs. John Byrd with Mississippi State Extension and David Russell with Auburn University were speakers on the program at the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville in December. John and David visited with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, during the short course about trends in weed management and what both of these weed sci…

Darla Huff and George Goodwin visits with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.adspipe.com.By Mississippi State Extension

Bobby Golden visits with Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.simplot.com.By Mississippi State Extension

From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Tom Allen and Jason Bond, MSU Extension/research professors, discuss the recent ruling to vacate the labels for Xtendimax, Engenia, and Tavium. On February 6, the U.S. Disctrict Court for the District of Arizona ruled to vacate labeling for the dicamba herbicides labeled for use in Xtend crops. T…

Plant Pathologists Kathy Lawrence of Auburn University, Heather Kelly of the University of Tennessee and Terry Wheeler of Texas A&M join host Steve Brown, Extension Cotton Agronomist at Auburn, to discuss nematode management in major regions across the U.S. Topics include nematode species prevalent in respective ares of the Belt, presence by soil t…

Dr. Stanley Culpepper from the University of Georgia and Dr. Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee sat down with Jason and Tom during the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course in Starkville in December to discuss the impending changes in pesticide labeling and re-labeling under the enforcement of the Endangered Species Act. The concepts surrou…

Texas A&M, Texas AgriLife Extension Agronomists Ben McKnight, Josh McGinty, Reagan Noland, Jourdan Bell and Ken Lege join host Steve Brown of Auburn University to talk about the 2023 Texas crop and prospects for 2024. The discussion provides insight on the diversity of the state's production areas and their related challenges, past and present.…

Lawson Priess visits with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://www.fmc.com/en.By Mississippi State Extension

Colton Thomas and Steele Hardin visit with MSU Extension/Research Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://southernagcredit.com.By Mississippi State Extension

Camp Hand (Agronomist) and Phillip Roberts (Entomologist) of the University of Georgia and Scott Graham (Entomologist) of Auburn University join host Steve Brown, Extension Cotton Agronomist, to discuss the complicated issue of deer damage in cotton. Deer provide a significant threat to the crop in much of the eastern Cotton Belt. These scientists …

Kaelin Saul and Andrew Stolte visit with Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course. Find out more at https://agriculture.basf.us/content/basf/cxm/agriculture/us/en/agriculture.html.By Mississippi State Extension