Mississippi Crop Situation Podcast

Long time friend of the podcast, Chris Bennett, spent time in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio to spin a wild tale with deep ties to American farming.  Chris describes the multiple ties to American agriculture of the characters involved in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.  

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From the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville, Jason, Tom, and Don discuss a variety of topics related to fall residual herbicide treatments, mainly targeting Italian ryegrass.  The weather is right now to treat fields that have not already received a treatment.  Consider adjusting the rate to combine with a winter postemergence treatment to save a little bit of money. 

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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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Erick sat down in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to talk about cover crops.  hese have gained some prominence in areas around the state in recent years and warrant some discussion.  Erick has done a lot of work with different areas of cover crop production in the last few years. In this episode, he offers comments on cover crop categories, varieties, planting dates, benefits, and pitfalls. 

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In the second half of the episode that released September 24, Andy Whittington from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation continues to outline the requirements for herbicide use set forth in the Herbicide Strategy that was recently released by the Us Environmental Protection Agency. 

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Andy Whittington from the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation visited the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss what is being called the final Herbicide Strategy related to the Endangered Species Act and new registrations and re-registrations for herbicides.  The episode got lengthy so we will split this over two episodes.  Look for the follow up content on September 25.  In the first episode, Andy recaps the Endangered Species Act and then begins to unpack how the Herbicide Strategy can be effectively navigated by Mississippi farmers.

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