Consultant Commentary

Agriculture is the art and science of cultivating the soil, growing crops and raising livestock. It includes the preparation of plant and animal products for people to use and their distribution to markets. Agriculture provides most of the world’s food and fabrics. The purpose of this blog is to be able to inform farmer in and around Mississippi what they are finding in test plots.

June 19, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Billy Bryant, Greenwood6/17/2024 – Cotton: Plant bug round 1 has gone out where needed. Pressure has been very light andnot all acreage has required treatment, but several farms received either Imidacloprid or Transformwhere Plant Bug populations justified doing so. The oldest cotton at node 12 and I […]

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June 7, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Charlie Craig, Friars Point 6/1/2024 – I am not looking at a lot now and only doing cotton and bugs so I will be limited to that.  The cotton that I am looking at ranges from three leaves to squaring. Thrips have been light and only needed

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May 31, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Lee Boyd, Boyle 5/27/2024 – Rice: Drifts were a major problem this year especially when Sencor was involved.  Rice never wants to grow out of Sencor, best to flood up and push rice, then drain it back down and reflood again.  Another issue with drifts is the

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May 23, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Jackson Cowart, Inverness5/20/2024 – Soybeans range from V2 to R2. The wet spring kept a lot of pre-emergents from goingout, so we have been cleaning up weeds in those spots. The oldest beans are being plowed and laidby. Insects haven’t been an issue so far. Corn ranges from

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May 17, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS James Bowen, Boyle5/16/2024 – Rice-all the rice that I check has been planted. It ranges from 3-leaf to flooded. The croplooks really good at this time. A lot of herbicides went out right ahead of the flood to clean up grassesand broadleaves.Soybeans-most of the beans that I

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May 14, 2024

North Delta South Delta East MS South MS Justin George, Merigold5/9/2024 – Rice ranges from emerging to 5 leaf and headed to flood. Muddy for the last 7 days, so planesare mostly spraying Preface/Prowl or Clincher/Prowl trying to catch up to or stay ahead of grass.Ground rigs will run with weed/grass sprays soon, levees going

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