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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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