Mississippi Crop Situation
The Mississippi Crop Situation podcast is provided by Mississippi State University Extension Service specialists responsible for agricultural row crops.
Our goal is to provide Mississippi agricultural producers, consultants, and industry with up-to-date, timely, science-based information you can use to help maintain profitability.
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Brian, Jason, and Tom get together in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss budgeting for the 2023 crop. Topics include increases in budgets from 2022 to 2023 due to increases in input costs, projected costs and returns for the major Mississippi row crops, and things to look for while designing a crop budget. Reminder that the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course will be held in Starkville December 5-7.
Hunter, Tom, and Jason sit down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about managing Italian ryegrass. The weather turned from summer to winter overnight, which presents a challenge for controlling Italian ryegrass. Topics covered include timing residual herbicide applications, factors affecting Italian ryegrass emergence, and weather effects on postemergence herbicides. Happy Thanksgiving to all. Don’t forget the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course scheduled for December 5-7 in Starkville.
Trent, Whitney, Jason, and Tom meet up in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about the 2022 Mississippi Row Crop Short Course, which will be held December 5 to 7 at The Mill Conference Center in Starkville. Early registration is free, but it ends November 18, 2022. Register at the door for $40 per attendee. More information is available at www.mississippi-crops.com.
Mississippi State Extension Wildlife Extension Specialist Bronson Strickland calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss the status and management of chronic wasting disease in whitetail deer in Mississippi. Bronson, Tom, and Jason discuss the nature of the disease, where it was first discovered in the U.S., how the disease is spread, management efforts in Mississippi, and research/Extension efforts from the MSU Deer Lab. Follow Bronson and his team across social media platforms at MSU Deer Lab and catch their podcast, Deer University.
Long-time podcast contributor Jeff Gore visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in his new role as the Head of the Mississippi State University Delta Research and Extension Center. Jeff, Jason, and Tom talk about Jeff’s ideas on leadership and where he hopes to lead DREC in the future.
