Two Upcoming Peanut Field Days
Two upcoming peanut field days offer the latest research recommendations and a chance to see some research/demonstration plots. The first field day will be held in south Mississippi, at Lucedale, the...
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Mississippi Peanut Growers Association Annual Meeting Set for February 12-13,...
The Mississippi Peanut Growers Association 9th annual meeting and trade show will take place at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg on February 12-13, 2014. This year’s program stands...
View ArticleFungicides Labeled for Use On Peanuts in Mississippi, 2014
This post links to lists of fungicides labeled for use on Mississippi grown peanuts as of February, 2014. Each document sorts the same information different ways. These references have many uses: What...
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Peanut Emergence and Seed Diseases
John Byrd of Clint Williams (top) and Jason Sarver (bottom), Mississippi State University’s new peanut specialist, looking at seed. At planting time there are never enough hours in the day, or enough...
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Checking peanuts? Take your shovel! Unlikely southern blight* expression...
Yesterday we found our first southern blight* damage to peanuts for 2014. The timing is not unusual, we generally start finding the disease when the crop canopy closes. What is unusual is where on the...
View ArticleNorth Mississippi Research and Extension Center’s Agronomic Row Crops Field...
The North Mississippi Research and Extension Center’s Agronomic Row Crops Field Day on Thursday, August 7 will present the latest research to the area’s row-crop farmers and consultants. The field day...
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Annual Meeting and Trade Show, Mississippi Peanut Growers Association,...
The Mississippi Peanut Growers Association announces their annual meeting and trade show. It will be held January 28-29 at the Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, The draft agenda for the...
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2015 Delta Ag Expo, Cleveland, MS – January 21 and 22, 2015
It’s that time of year again. The 42nd Annual Delta Ag Expo will be held in Cleveland, MS at the Bolivar County Exposition Center on Wednesday, January 21 from 8:30 am to 4 pm and on Thursday, January...
View ArticleWhat is Going On With Generic Azoxystrobin: the active ingredient in Abound,...
Updated Tuesday March 10, 2015. Added several new fungicides to the pdf file;Mar.16.update2.azoxystrobin Strobe 2L which has a comprehensive label for field crops, vegetables, turf, and ornamentals....
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2015 Early-Season Peanut Pointers
While we wait for the fields to dry up enough to get the 2015 planting season underway, here are a few peanut-related issues to pay attention to going into the season. – Jason Sarver • Inoculant usage...
View ArticlePeanut Growers: Tropical Storm Bill
Posted June 16, 2015. The low pressure in the Gulf has turned into tropical storm Bill. It is now predicted to impact the coast further south than it was several days ago. Updated forecasts by NOAA...
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Mississippi State University Turn Row Field Day: Clarksdale, MS July 9, 2015
An agronomic crops field day will be held at Cliff Heaton farms, just east of the intersection of Highway 61 and Highway 6. The field day will be held in the cotton field on the south side of the...
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Southern Blight of Peanuts – It’s Arrived
Southern blight, has been found on peanuts in several areas of the state this week. Southern blight is a plant disease that attacks the crown and below ground parts of peanuts. It causes the plant to...
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Mississippi State University Turn Row Talk – Clarksdale, August 25, 2015
An agronomic crops turn row talk will be held at Stovall farms, at 4146 Oakhurst Stovall Road (34.2651472 -90.63274166) on August 25, 2015. The field day will be held at Mr. Pete Hunter’s shop on the...
View Article2015 Row Crop Short Course
The 2015 Row Crop Short Course will be held at the Cotton Mill Conference Center near the campus of Mississippi State University on November 30, December 1, and December 2 2015. Please note that this...
View ArticleWhy Can’t I Use Propiconazole on Peanuts this Year? A story of MRL’s and...
Alan Henn1 with contributions by Michelle Samuel-Foo2 1Extension Plant Pathologist, Mississippi State University 2 Regional Coordinator, IR-4 Southern Region, University of Florida. mfoo@ufl.edu or...
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2013 List of Peanut Fungicides Labeled in Mississippi
This note links to four documents (pdf format), each of which lists the fungicides labeled for use on Mississippi grown peanuts as of February, 2013. The first document lists the fungicides by Trade...
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Early Leaf Spot of Peanut
Synopsis: Is caused by a fungus, Cercospora arachidicola. Defoliates infected leaflets fairly quickly. Is one of the reasons, along with late leaf spot, for the development of the traditional two week...
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Early Leaf Spot of Peanut found in the Greater Columbus Area
This last week I found early leaf spot in the Greater Columbus, Mississippi area. For information and images on how to identify early leaf spot, please see:...
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Two upcoming peanut field days offer the latest research recommendations and a chance to see some research/demonstration plots. The first field day will be held in south Mississippi, at Lucedale, the...
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