The benefits of cover crops are well known. However, few Mississippi growers use cover crops in corn because of nominal monetary return and the challenges it presents, says Erick Larson, Mississippi State University Extension agronomist.
Corn is the first crop...
⋅ BY BONNIE A. COBLENTZ ⋅
MSU Extension Service
“Snow” appearing on the sides of highways and bare ground visible for miles is a sure indication that row crop harvest in Mississippi is well underway.
As of early October, the majority of the...
The fire-starter for 2022 crop input discussions is fertilizer prices. Without getting into the why of current volatility, first recall this situation is not entirely unique. Potash at the farmgate was about 14 cents per pound for years, if...
Researchers at Mississippi State University looking at how to successfully use cover crops in corn production systems must develop strategies to overcome challenges unique to this row crop.
Cover crops are plants grown outside of the normal cropping season mainly...
Mississippi’s corn crop faced challenges ranging from a midseason flood to an early September hurricane, but yields and quality look positive on the nearly complete harvest.
On Sept. 13, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated the crop was 75% harvested....
• By Larry Oldham •
Participating in the soil carbon (C) market requires baseline information about the producer’s inventory to offer potential buyers. This fall is the time for the soil carbon-curious growers to begin establishing their benchmarks. Surveys show...
Mississippi State University Extension agents will be assessing agricultural damage from early-June flooding until well into July, but preliminary estimates indicate losses could break records.
The 2019 Yazoo Backwater Area flood caused $617 million in crop damage alone. It looks...
• By Erick Larson and Larry Oldham •
The recent extraordinary rainfall and associated flooding has generated substantial concern about nitrogen (N) loss and fertility management in corn. The unique situation about this year’s event is it occurred much later...
Mississippi agricultural producers and landowners who are interested in carbon sequestration can test their soil’s carbon content through the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
The Extension Soil Testing Laboratory recently added tests that quantify amounts of organic matter and detect...
• By Larry Oldham •
Newspapers were all paper and sometimes quite thick when I was younger. I trained myself to ignore almost all the advertisements in them to speed things along, particularly with Sunday editions. It may chagrin the...
Help us by participating in an irrigation survey.
The questions in this survey are only about furrow- or flood-irrigated croplands.
Flood-irrigated croplands still play an important role in supplying food, feed and fiber demands in the United States but have received...
Researchers from the Mississippi State University Extension Service are looking to collect row-crop farmers’ feedback on stress related to farming.
The focus group sessions are part of the MSU Extension opioid prevention campaign PReventing Opioid Misuse In the SouthEast, or...
Mississippi State University annually conducts Corn for Grain Hybrid Trials which are an extremely valuable resource for you to help select corn hybrids for your farm – MAFES Corn Hybrid Trials. These hybrid trials are typically grown in eight...
It is with great regret that we have cancelled the 2020 Row Crop Short Course at Mississippi State University. Due to the global pandemic, we see no viable way to conduct this event. Our team did not make this...
A soggy planting season dissuaded some Mississippi producers from planting corn this year, but those who stuck with the crop have mostly been rewarded with a solid harvest.
Initial planting forecasts at the end of February called for more than...
