MissCo-Ag

Mississippi County Extension Service

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Reminder: There will be a pesticide collection on Friday November 3,2023 at Nutrien Ag in Lost Cane. Inventory Forms for pesticide are located here at the Extension office in Osceola and are due on October 20th!

[Jarrod Hardke @JHardke]

Beautiful day in Keiser at @AginarkK harvesting rice trials. Seeding rate, variety x nitrogen, hybrid x nitrogen, Arkansas Rice Performance Trials, advanced variety testing trials, and other agronomic trials!
#ARrice
#RiceCheckoffAtWork

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Another Soybean Crop per Drop gone here in Missco! Big thanks to Heath Donner for entering the contest in soybeans. Heath used an Aqua Trac Pro and watermark sensors to monitor soil moisture and determine the most effective times for irrigations.

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Harvested another Soybean Crop per Drop here in Missco this morning! Big thanks to Vance Austin for entering the contest and for Kevin Greenway harvesting the plot. Vance used an Aqua Trac Pro and watermark sensors to monitor soil moisture and time irrigations.

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Harvested a Row Rice Crop per Drop this morning here in Missco. Big thanks to Chad Wright for entering the contest in row rice. Chad used CropX soil moisture sensors to monitor soil moisture and time irrigations.

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Harvested our first soybean Crop per Drop in Missco today. Big thanks to DMS Farms for entering the contest. Mr. Danny and Seth both used Aqua Trac Pro’s and watermark sensors across their farm to monitor soil moisture levels and time irrigations!

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Finished up our Corn Crop Per Drop fields here in Missco today. Big thanks to Heath Donner for entering the contest! Heath used a Aquatrac Pro and watermark sensors to monitor moisture levels and time irrigations on his farm.

[Jarrod Hardke @JHardke]

Arkansas Rice Update 9-8-23
https://t.co/66dgc30oiG

Harvest, conditions, preliminary performance trial data, market, and progress.
#ARrice

[Jarrod Hardke @JHardke]

Preliminary 2023 Arkansas Rice Performance Trial (ARPT) Results. Arkansas, Desha, and Lawrence Co. trials.
#ARrice
#RiceCheckoffAtWork

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Got another corn Crop per Drop harvested this morning! Thank you to Dalton Dildine for entering the contest. Dalton used an Aqua Trac Pro and watermark sensors to time the irrigations on his field.

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

First Crop Per Drop harvested in Missco! Thanks to Gavin Sullivan for entering the contest in Corn!

[Jarrod Hardke @JHardke]

Arkansas Rice Update 6-16-23
https://t.co/MKvnn0Z0pG

Conditions, midseason N timing, & herbicide max use rates and cut-off timings.
#ARrice

[Russ Parker @RussParker11]

Another Mississippi County ⁦@CropPerDropAr⁩ contest corn field installed on the Dalton Dildine farm. Luke Beech, Ethan Brown, Allen Beech, and Dalton Dildine pictured

[Russ Parker @RussParker11]

Vance Austin of Mississippi County has entered this soybean field in the ⁦@CropPerDropAr⁩ contest. The installation crew was Vance, Ethan Brown, Allen Beech, and Luke Beech. Good Luck.

[Russ Parker @RussParker11]

Gavin Sullivan of Mississippi County has entered this Soybean field in the ⁦@CropPerDropAr⁩ contest. He and Ethan Brown had just finished installing a CropX sensor to monitor soil moisture levels.

[Russ Parker @RussParker11]

Congratulations to Cody Fincher of Dyess for winning the soybean division of the Crop Per Drop Contest with Soybeans. He achieved a water use efficiency of 4.25 bushels per inch on a yield of 100 bushels per acre. Cody has previously won the levee rice division. Congratulations.

[Russ Parker @RussParker11]

Congratulations to Heath Donner of Mississippi County for placing second in the Corn Division of the Crop Per Drop Contest. Pictured are Zeke Donner, Heath Donner, and Extension Agent Ethan Brown.

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Thanks to Cody Fincher on entering the 2022 Crop for the Drop contest in Soybeans! Cody used a CropX moisture probe to time his irrigations during the growing season. @RussParker11 @CodyFincher38

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Thanks to Heath Donner on entering the 2022 Crop for the Drop contest in Corn! Heath used a surge valve and soil moisture sensors to time his irrigations during the growing season. Thanks to the boss man Zeke Donner for his help also!

[MissCo-Ag @MissCoAg]

Thanks to Jarred Hopper on entering the 2022 Crop for the Drop contest in Soybeans! Jarred used soil moisture sensors to time his irrigations during the growing season.