• By Tom Allen, Tessie Wilkerson, Nina Aboughanem, Jeff Gore, Don Cook, Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow, Darrin Dodds and Sead Sabanadzovic •
During 2017, a plant disease of cotton caused by a virus, cotton leafroll dwarf virus or for the...
• By Angus Catchot •
I have had quite a few calls this year about threecornered alfalfa hoppers in cotton. There have been a few treatments on limited acres to date.
In the past damage has usually been confined to field...
Cotton Planting Described As Mixed Bag In 2019.
• By Carroll Smith,
Editor •
This year’s planting season has been a mixed bag with Mother Nature taking the reins in producing unusual weather in some areas of the Cotton Belt. Other parts...
• By Larry Oldham •
Editor’s note: Here are highlights of Larry Oldham’s broiler litter article. To see the complete report, go to https://bit.ly/2TTx6X1.
Extensive research has been conducted with poultry litter as a nutrient source for row crops within Mississippi. Here...
• By Tom Allen and Darrin Dodds •
During 2018, the cotton OVT (official variety trial) at Lucedale and Stoneville was evaluated for the response to target spot. Natural infection occurred during the season and plots were evaluated for the presence (incidence),...
In 2019, Mississippi’s agricultural industry faced the prospect of dipping below $7 billion for the first time in eight years, but federal payments pushed its value up enough to post a slight gain over 2018.
The estimated value of Mississippi...
For Beverly Catchot, collecting insects has always been a family affair.
“When my husband was studying entomology at Mississippi State in the 1990s, we made collecting insects a family activity. We’d all get out there with our black lights and...
