Mississippi Crop Situation Audio From 2021
Brandon Potts and Ben Carlisle from Case IH Agriculture visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2021 Row Crop Short Course. Wes Lowe with Mississippi State also joins in the conversation.
Wayne Dulaney with Local Seed visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2021 Row Crop Short Course.
Andy Whittington and Craig Hankins from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2021 Row Crop Short Course.
Mike Howell with Nutrien visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2021 Row Crop Short Course.
Travis Faske with the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk all things nematodes. Travis, Tom, and Jason discuss important nematode species, sampling methods, sampling timing, and where to get samples analyzed.
New Mississippi State Extension Sweet Potato Specialist Lorin Harvey calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss his new position. Dr. Harvey is housed at the Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwoods Branch Experiment Station in Pontotoc, MS. Lorin, Jason, and Tom talk about Lorin’s background in plant breeding and his strategies for the sweet potato Extension program in Mississippi.
Trent calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Whitney, Tom, and Jason about the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course, which will be held December 6 to 8 at The Mill Conference Center in Starkville.
In an episode recorded last summer, Brian Mills and Will Maples visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to discuss the planning budgets for different crops in Mississippi. Brian, Will, Tom, and Jason talk about how the budgets are generated, different ways they can be utilized, and what they hope to see for these tools in the future. All the budgets for 2022 can be found at https://www.agecon.msstate.edu/whatwedo/budgets.php . Happy Thanksgiving!
Brian Pieralisi calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about cotton variety trials. Brian, Jason, and Tom discuss the types of variety trials conducted by Mississippi State, the types of data recorded from those trials, how to look at the information to choose a variety, and where to find the information once it is available.
Trent Irby calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about things to think about when making soybean variety selection decisions. Trent, Jason, and Tom discuss the different types of variety trial information (small-plot and on-farm), data to focus on (yield, disease susceptibility) when making variety decisions, how to handle the location information, and where to find information on soybean varieties in Mississippi.
Erick Larson calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about selecting corn hybrids for 2022. Erick, Tom, and Jason talk about similarities and differences between small- and large-plot hybrid performance trials, important parameters to use to make corn hybrid selections, and where to find hybrid information for 2022.
Brian Mills and Will Maples visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to talk economics for 2022. As input prices continue to increase, budgeting becomes uncertain. Will and Brian discuss marketing plans with tight margins and make suggestions over how to navigate into early 2022.
Corey Bryant visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about his new position at DREC. Corey is a Mississippi State graduate and recently started a new job working in agronomy and soil fertility in Stoneville. Corey talks about his background as well as some of the projects he’d like to work on in the future.
Daniel Stephenson with the LSU AgCenter is back as a call-in guest to the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville. Daniel, Jason, and Tom discuss some of the histories of fall-applied burndown treatments and then tackle the issue of designing burndown treatments and programs in a climate of increasing herbicide prices and product shortages.
Bubba Simmons makes a return visit to the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, this time representing the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board. Bubba, Jason, and Tom discuss the mechanisms for the collection and utilization of money collected through the checkoff programs for different commodities grown in Mississippi.
Brad Shivers visits the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville for an episode of the Why Ag? series. Brad describes his path from a career in pharmaceutical sales to the family farm in Bolivar County.
Justin McCoy calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his ideas on fall fertilization. Justin, Jason, and Tom discuss soil sampling, fertilizer sources and application timings, importance of maintaining a good soil pH, and much more.
Brian calls into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to share his thoughts on the upcoming cotton defoliation season. Brian visits with Jason and Tom about different defoliation strategies given different weather scenarios. More information can be found in the Midsouth Cotton Defoliation Guide at https://cottoncultivated.cottoninc.com/2020-mid-south-cotton-defoliation-guide/
Frank Howell from the Delta Council and Bubba Simmons, a local farmer involved in Delta Council leadership, visit the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk with Jason and Tom about the Delta Council and its role in Mississippi. They discuss the Delta Council’s history, its core goals, success stories, and how they promote commerce in the Delta and across Mississippi.
This mini episode provides a correction to information in the harvest aid portion of the episode on August 24.