-Wish you could plant more acres on time? -How important are new planter components? -Do they pay? Come see for yourself at my Advanced Planting Technologies Field Day in Brooksville, MS June 5 w/ J. Wes Lowe, Ph.D.. Free registration: shorturl.at/CDHJO MSU Extension

Christian Good was invited to speak to the US Senate Subcommittee on Commodities, Risk Management, & Trade today at 2:30 PM EST. Click the link to watch live during the “Pathways to Farming: Helping the Next Generation of Farmers” hearing. agriculture.senate.gov/hearings

Bacterial leaf spot on zinnia. Spots turn tan to brown & are angular w/t a yellow halo. Brown Flowers can b/c disfigured. Plant resistant varieties in full sun or part shade & space plants for good air movement. Avoid overhead watering #Bacteria #Flower #PlantDisease #Zinnia

📣 It’s that time of the year again! We are thrilled to showcase and reward Mississippi soybean growers for their outstanding production practices. Enter the 2024 Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge by August 1st! 🫛 Learn more & apply: mssoy.org/yield-challenge. #MSSOY #MScrops

Want to learn how speed planting can increase yield & profit? July 18 at 9 am in Stoneville, MS. Register here: reg.extension.msstate.edu/reg/event_page…

Apply now - MS 2024 Soybean Yield Challenge.

🚨🚨Advanced Planting Technologies field day 🚨🚨 Thursday, July 18 9 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Delta Research & Extension Center Stoneville, MS See the equipment & discover what happened in Mississippi on-farm & on-station trials. #MSUext #mscrops

Only a few days remaining so enter the 2024 Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge by August 1st! To learn more and apply, visit mssoy.org/yield-challenge. #MSSOY #MScrops 🫛

Use a shovel to dig up soybean plants in areas of fields where plants have prematurely shut down. Check roots for galls of the southern root-knot nematode. Use those observations to plan for next year’s management #mscrops MS SOYBEAN BOARD

When to stop irrigating soybeans is a critical decision for growers. Check out our latest post for guidance on making the right call. #mscrops #MSUext #irrigation mississippi-crops.com/2024/08/07/soy…

Great job by my MSU CALS/MAFES grad student Cooper talking about his MS SOYBEAN BOARD project on the effect of cropping systems on iron deficiency chlorosis in soybean today North MS R&E Center annual Field Day. Beautiful day on the farm!

Save the date! The MSU Spray Drone/UAS Seminar will be held October 9! #mscrops #MSUext

Congrats to my former grad student, the marvelous Katelin Waldrep, on the publication of part her thesis work. Thanks also to coauthors Dennis Reginelli & Justin McCoy, & a BIG thanks to MS SOYBEAN BOARD for supporting this work: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2…

Congratulations to our 2024 Delta Region winners participating in the Irrigated Division of the GROW IT. SHOW IT. WIN IT. Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge sponsored by the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board.

2024 Non-Delta Region winners participating in the Irrigated Division of the GROW IT. SHOW IT. WIN IT. Mississippi Soybean Yield Challenge sponsored by the Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board. Congratulations!

Congratulations to our top 3 growers in the Non-Delta Region - Non-Irrigated Division.

Congratulations to our top 3 growers in the Delta Region - Non-Irrigated Division.

Finally getting dry enough in Noxubee County and the MAFES Variety Testing Program is planting the Official Irrigated Soybean Variety Trial.

Entry deadline August 1, 2025. Great way to showcase your farm.

Ed, thank you for posting these updates. Your post are always helpful.