Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast

Whitney visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast Studio in Stoneville during the Mississippi State Extension Scout School to break down the current insect situation across Mississippi.  As the growing season heats up, so does insect activity in cotton and soybean fields.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation   #mscrops #MSUext

MSU Extension Corn Specialist Erick Larson visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to continue an ongoing discussion of managing corn nitrogen fertility.  Nitrogen fertilizer losses are inevitable with prolonged saturated soils.  Erick shares suggestions for how to manage the crop at or as it approaches tasseling.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation   #mscrops #MSUext

Drew Gholson and Parker Frew with Delta F.A.R.M. visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to promote their upcoming field day.  Hosted at the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research in Stoneville on June 12, this event highlights the latest in irrigation tools, techniques, and strategies designed for Delta agriculture. Drew and Parker share insights on what growers can expect—from in-field demonstrations to practical technologies aimed at improving irrigation efficiency and crop performance. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Phil Michener with DynaGro visited with Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to follow up their discussion on corn from May 13 with one on soybean.  Soybean production has evolved in the Midsouth over the past 20 years. Phil shares firsthand insights into the major agronomic breakthroughs, the role of genetics, and evolutions in pest and irrigation management. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation  

When the weather won't cooperate, how should growers adjust their fertilizer and herbicide plans? Erick called into the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the current challenges experienced by corn growers in Mississippi.  Erick, Jason, and Tom tackle the problems of managing crop inputs when rain, wind, or saturated fields delay timely applications of herbicides and nitrogen fertilizer. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation  

MSU Extension's new Rice Agronomist Will Eubank visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to introduce himself Extension stakeholders.  Will shares his background, his passion for agriculture, what led him to specialize in rice production and the innovative research and outreach efforts he's bringing to the role. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Phil Michener Corn and Soybean Product Manager with DynaGro visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his thoughts on corn management in 2025.  A year that began with a resounding start in most areas with early planting and stand establishment has been dealt some adversity in recent weeks.  Phil, Jason, and Tom discuss managing corn in light of sub optimal conditions and finish with thoughts on Curvularia leaf spot. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Jay Mahaffey from the Scott Learning Center is back in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio to talk about what he knows best: cotton.  Jay, Tom, and Jason cover a range of topics on early-season management, including adjusting management with new technologies like ThryvOn and nematode resistance.  Jay also details his new publication Antique Alley (https://www.cropscience.bayer.us/articles/dad/antique-alley), which compares data from cotton varieties from the mid 1990s to those from the 2020s. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Corey Bryant and Brendan Zurweller visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the developing situation with liquid nitrogen fertilizer in Mississippi.  Topics include rates and timings for nitrogen fertilizer on corn and cotton in Mississippi and general “watch outs” for use of either.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Long-time friend of the Crop Doctors' Podcast Bobby Golden sat down in the studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom about nitrogen fertilizer for midsouthern crop production.  Topics include influence of environment on urea and urea-ammonium nitrate, protecting each nitrogen source, and timings of nitrogen fertilizer for corn.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Jarrod Hardke from the University of Arkansas took time out of his morning to call into the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss rice in the Midsouth.  Rice planting has progressed rapidly.  Moisture has become a concern in some areas.  Jarrod, Jason, and Tom discuss the state of the crop at this point in 2025. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Daniel Stephenson from the LSU AgCenter called in from the road in Louisiana to talk about johnsongrass control.  Johnsongrass has routinely been one of Mississippi's worst weeds over the last few years.  Daniel talks about the best control strategies for johnsongrass in corn, soybean, and cotton and ends up with describing the best course of action for infestations at the time of planting. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Erick called into the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Tom and Jason about the impact of last weekend's rainfall on early-season corn growth.  They discuss differences down the row, nitrogen management, potential replant situations, and disease concerns. 

Jay Mahaffey from the Scott Learning Center visited the Crop Doctors Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about early-season management of corn and soybean. Jay, Tom, and Jason discuss planting progress, corn planting depth and fertility, soybean planting dates, and a variety of other topics. 

Justin Calhoun sat down with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the early start for soybean in 2025.  Topics include yield potential by planting date, early-season pitfalls, and disease concerns.  Find this episode and more at our website: http://www.ext.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Jason joined a group of weed scientists on a recent episode of the Weeds AR Wild Podcast with the University of Arkansas.  The episode is longer than usual but covers a range of topics from herbicide resistance to the new formulation of Liberty to residual herbicide use for row crops.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

Donnie Miller from the LSU AgCenter called into the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Jason and Tom on his experiences with managing cover crops in north Louisiana.  He also details his research on utilizing residual herbicides and cover crops to control Italian ryegrass.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Erick called into the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Tom and Jason on the first new podcast episode for 2025.  After the long winter, planting season is here and corn will be first.  Erick, Tom, and Jason discuss soil temperatures for planting, planting depth, and optimizing efficiency by manipulating seeding rates for corn. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

From the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville, Tom and Jason visited with Travis Faske from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture on his work with root-knot nematodes.  Travis has appeared multiple times on the podcast, and some of his work with nematodes can be found at https://arkansascrops.uada.edu/posts/disease/2024-soybean-varieties-RKN.aspx For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

From the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville, Jason and Tom visited with Connor Webster from the LSU AgCenter about Provisia injury related to environmental conditions, Newpath carryover, and new herbicides on the horizon for rice production.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

From the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville, Tom and Jason visited with MSU Extension's John Byrd and Bob Scott from the University of Arkansas about proper use of BASF's new Liberty Ultra with its new label passing steps of the Endangered Species Act.  That led into further discussion related to potential mitigations required under that legislation.  For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

From the Row Crop Short Course in Starkville last December, Michael Plumblee from Clemson University related his work with South Carolina growers' efforts at double cropping soybean after corn. For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Andy White and Andrew Stolte visit with Tom and Jason as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at  https://agriculture.basf.us/crop-protection/products/seeds/stoneville.html For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Jason Krutz visits with Tom and Jason as a Platinum sponsor of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at  https://mssoy.org For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Charles Carter and Corey Reed visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Diamond sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Matt Fryer visits with Tom and Jason as a Platinum sponsor of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://kochagronomicservices.com For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

Bubba Jaymes and Gaston Lyon visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.wadeincorporated.com For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext

  Alan Meijer and Oscar Ruiz visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.waypointanalytical.com   For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation   #mscrops #MSUext

Craig Hankins and Jamie Swafford visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://msfb.org   For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation   #mscrops #MSUext  

Steele Hardin and Whitney Watts visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more https://southernagcredit.com For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit our website at http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation #mscrops #MSUext  

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Derrick Anderson visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more https://www.vayda.com For more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Lawson Priess visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more https://www.fmc.com/en for more episodes from the Crop Doctors, visit http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation 

Michaela Todd and Marti Dreschel visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more https://www.adspipe.com   Discover more episodes on our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Kaelin Saul visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2024 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at  https://agriculture.basf.com/global/en This episode is also available on our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Dr. Justin Calhoun visited with Jason and Tom during the MSU Row Crop Short Course in Starkville.  MSU Extension Director Dr. Angus Catchot introduced Dr. Calhoun during Row Crop Short Course.  Dr. Calhoun will return to Mississippi where he went to school after a few years as an agronomist with the University of Missouri in the bootheel at Portageville.  Listen to this episode and discover more on our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

MSU Extension Delta Region Extension Coordinator Alex Deason visited with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio about successes and challenges from the 2024 cropping season and uncertainties for 2025.  Local Extension offices offer a variety of services for growers to utilize.  Find your local office and agent at http://extension.msstate.edu/county-offices. Discover more episodes at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Don, Jason, and Tom sat down in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio try once again to unpack details related to the Endangered Species Act, the Herbicide Strategy, and the draft Insecticide Strategy. These represent part of a pretty large pivot for pesticide use in Mississippi.  Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

With duck season opening this week, Ron Selby, the Executive Director of Delta Farm, visited the Crop Doctors Podcast studio to talk about the state of waterfowl in the Mississippi Delta.  Ron visited with Jason and Tom on changes in waterfowl patterns and habitats in the area over the last few decades.  He also details Delta Farm's efforts, along with government agencies and other NGOs, to promote waterfowl habitat in our state.   Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Long time friend of the podcast, Chris Bennett, spent time in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio to spin a wild tale with deep ties to American farming.  Chris describes the multiple ties to American agriculture of the characters involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.   Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation 

From the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason, Tom, and Don discuss a variety of topics related to fall residual herbicide treatments, mainly targeting Italian ryegrass.  The weather is right now to treat fields that have not already received a treatment.  Consider adjusting the rate to combine with a winter postemergence treatment to save a little bit of money.  Catch this episode and discover more at our website. 

Matt Plitt, CEO of Valent, visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio on a recent visit to Mississippi.  Matt is an alum of Delta State University and has been with Valent since 2010.  Matt, Jason, and Tom discuss the impact of the new regulatory process for labeling products, other changes in the industry, and the place for biological products in production agriculture.  Enjoy this episode and discover more on our website. 

Steve Martin visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to visit with Tom and Jason about a subject that is close to the front of the minds of everyone involved in production agriculture…the economic situation.  Topics range from a recap of 2024 to an explanation for carryover stocks to some slight positives as we think about the crop calendar turning to 2025.    Catch this episode and discover more at our website.  

Erick visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about planting wheat in Mississippi.  Mississippi hasn't grown much wheat in recent years, but some growers have voiced interest in it for 2024-25.  Erick, Tom, and Jason discuss wheat planting dates, vernailization, early-season inputs, field selection, and other considerations for getting into the wheat game.  Catch this episode and discover more at our website.

From the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville, MS, Jason and Tom have their annual conversation about fall burndown targeting Italian ryegrass.  This conversation is unique because about half of it relates to johnsongrass.  Those two weed species are very different, but both hold solid places in the list of most problematic weeds of row crops in Mississippi. Enjoy this episode and discover more at our website.

Repeat guest Chris Bennett with Farm Journal visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to relate some tales of crime in agriculture.  Tilapia, quail, worms, Jerusalem artichokes, even farmland…nothing is safe from schemers looking to make a dollar.  Enjoy this episode and discover more at our website.

Erick sat down in the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about cover crops.  hese have gained some prominence in areas around the state in recent years and warrant some discussion.  Erick has done a lot of work with different areas of cover crop production in the last few years. In this episode, he offers comments on cover crop categories, varieties, planting dates, benefits, and pitfalls.  Listen to this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

In the second half of the episode that released September 24, Andy Whittington from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation continues to outline the requirements for herbicide use set forth in the Herbicide Strategy that was recently released by the Us Environmental Protection Agency.    Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Andy Whittington from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss what is being called the final Herbicide Strategy related to the Endangered Species Act and new registrations and re-registrations for herbicides.  The episode got lengthy so we will split this over two episodes.  Look for the follow up content on September 25.  In the first episode, Andy recaps the Endangered Species Act and then begins to unpack how the Herbicide Strategy can be effectively navigated by Mississippi farmers.   Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Bobby Golden visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to continue the conversation he started with Jason and Tom a few weeks ago on fertilizer decision making.  Bobby, Jason, and Tom cover a range of topics with the focus on making fertilizer decisions considering crop removal, crop rotation strategies, and affordability of fertilizer.    Catch this episode and discover more at our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation

Corey Bryant and Vaughn Reed visited the Crop Doctors' Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about soil sampling.  Topics include sampling timing, frequency, grids or zones, etc. There are different philosophies on how to manage this important agronomic practice, but it is an essential part of crop production. Catch this episode and discover more on our website: http://extension.msstate.edu/shows/mississippi-crop-situation