Shawn Butler visits with MSU Extension Research/Professors Drs. Tom Allen and Jason Bond in Starkville as a Maroon sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more about Corteva at https://corteva.us

Brandon Potts, Drew Fandell, and Matt Dorsey visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Maroon sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.caseih.com/en-us/unitedstates.

Jeremy Watts visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.vivecrop.com.

Alan Majier visits with Tom and Jason in Starkville as a Platinum sponsor of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.waypointanalytical.com/AgServices.

John Marshall and Cade Moody visit with Tom and Jason in Starkville as Platinum sponsors of the 2023 Row Crop Short Course.  Find out more at https://www.wadeincorporated.com.

Dr. Terry Spurlock from the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture sat down with MSU Extension Research/Professors Drs. Jason Bond and Tom Allen at the Mississippi Row Crop Short Course in Starkville to discuss a range of topics related to plant diseases and fungicide resistance important for farmers in the Midsouth.  Notably, Terry describes his strategy of using on-farm studies scattered across the state to stay up with the latest in disease problems in soybean and cotton.

Mr. Gene Merkl is the Pesticide Safety Education Coordinator and manages the Pesticide Applicator Certification Program for MSU Extension.  Gene recently had a training session scheduled at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville.  While he was in Stoneville, Gene took a few minutes to discuss his program with Tom and Jason in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio.  The program has recently undergone a significant overhaul.  To find out more about types of certification, requirements, and training offerings, visit http://extension.msstate.edu/agriculture/pesticide-applicator-certification.

Dr. Carl Bradley is an Extension Plant Pathologist with the University of Kentucky Research and Education Center at Princeton, KY.  Carl called into the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville to discuss fungicide resistance in pathogens that commonly infect soybeans in the South. Carl, Tom, and Jason talk about how fungicide resistance develops, some fungicide chemistries that are particularly susceptible to resistance development, and strategies to manage fungicide resistance in soybean.

Tucker Miller and Jeff North boast 100 years of experience between them in business as independent cotton consultants in Mississippi.  They spent an afternoon with Jason and Tom in the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio at Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville to sway tales and share wisdom about the changes and advancements in crop  production in Mississippi in their time in the business.   

Chris Bennett is a journalist for Farm Journal.  Chris writes on all things farm related, and during November, that often relates to hunting.  Chris is a repeat guest on the Crop Doctors’ Podcast, and he recently sat down with Jason and Tom to tell a story about a stolen set of deer antlers that found their way back to the hunter over a decade after being stolen.