Asst. Extension Professor - Ag Engineering - Precision Ag & Machinery Systems - Using Ag Tech to create solutions for food and fiber production.
Mississippi State University
Joined November 2011
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A great evening at Silent Shade Planting Company in Belzoni. Thanks to Marjory Walker and Hank Reichle for an engaging discussion on Plant Not Plastic, BACA, and opportunities for cotton growers. #Cotton #MSAg #MSUExtService 🌱🧵
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🌽🌱New high-speed planting pubs!
Doubling speed ↑ vibration & misses in corn but didn’t affect yield. In soy, baseline row cleaners handled heavy rye well at 15.5 km/h — no extras needed.
Thanks to @MississippiCorn & @MSSOY.
📄 Corn: 10.1002/agj2.70477
📄Soy: 10.1002/agj2.70438
MS soybean acres aren’t uniform—our seeding rates shouldn’t be either. Precision ag + optimized populations can save growers real $$. Dr. Justin Calhoun and I are testing this in on‑farm trials across MS this season, sponsored by @MSSOY. Interested? Reach out. @MSUExtService
Research and real‑world experience are showing soybeans can maintain yield at lower seeding rates—saving significant input costs. This article highlights what growers across MS and the Delta are seeing:
🔗 farmprogress.com/soybean/cha…
The goal: turn these successes into Mississippi‑specific data growers can trust. We’re evaluating population strategies across real fields this season to help fine‑tune seeding decisions. Want to learn more or host a trial? Let us know. @MSSOY @MSUExtService
The Cotton Research & Promotion Program Funds Mid-South Research Through Cotton Incorporated Core and State Support Projects cottonfarming.com/editors-bl… via @Cotton Farming
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🌽New research: Planting corn at high speed (11 mph) increased stand variability but surprisingly didn't reduce yield.
Sweet spot? 9 mph balanced speed & precision.
Thanks to @MississippiCorn for funding this work.
Read the full study: acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
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Take advantage of this opportunity. Odds are if you’re growing continuous soybean in MS in a light-textured soil (loam or sand) you have a nematode issue. Over the past five years I have seen more root-knot in MS soybean than in the previous decade!
📣Good news!
Free #nematode testing for Mississippi #soybean producers has been extended! Field must have been in soybeans in 2023 or 2024 to qualify. Free testing ends when 500 samples have been received or by March 31, 2026.
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We are exactly two weeks from KATCON '25! Our keynote speaker for the event will be @johnwesleylowe from Mississippi State speaking on their "see-and-till" cultivator as well as high-speed planter data. Please join us on March 7. Register here: karta-online.org/
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Jason Ward and his team are currently preparing to send a mobile operations trailer to the Mountain Horticultural Crops Research and Extension Center located in Western North Carolina.
Ward and his team hope the trailer will provide necessary support after Hurricane Helene.
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Mississippi State researchers develop prototype to advance cotton industry wcbi.com/mississippi-state-r…
Looking forward to seeing everyone at the annual Seed & Ag Tech Short Course August 15 & 16. We have a great group of speakers lined up. Short course and registration information can be found at msuext.ms/seedandagtech @MSU_AG @MSUExtService
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I'll never understand why farmers waste their time digging & digging for seed behind the closing wheels. Check your depth between the openers & closers. After that there's only 1 question. Are you closing the seed slot? Yes?
Plant! #DiggingForZeroKnowledge – at South Dakota, USA
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We are proud of Katelin Waldrep for placing 2nd in the M.S. Poster session. Another successful project funded with @MSSOY . Checkoff dollars at work in Mississippi. @marylovetagert , and @MSU_nmrec have done a great job leading the charge in evaluating Iron Deficiency Chlorosis
Had the chance to talk about my @MSSOY funded research at the ASA Southern Branch Regional Meeting. Placing 2nd in the M.S. Poster section and getting to hear about all the agronomy research happening across the South made for a great weekend in NOLA!
This is a great opportunity to work in applied research to answer important questions and create solutions that support our Mississippi soybean producers. Don’t miss out on the chance to join @TheDirtDude and be part of making a difference in the future of agriculture.
Looking for a career opportunity in Agriculture? Check out this opportunity at MS State University. explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/…
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Looking for a career opportunity in Agriculture? Check out this opportunity at MS State University. explore.msujobs.msstate.edu/…
Honored to work with Dru on this applied project creating another tool to aid in furrow irrigation strategies for our producers! Thanks to @MSSOY for providing research funding and for @MSU_AG in telling our story. Stay tuned…lots more exciting things to come with this project!
Dru Carey, an Agricultural & Biological Engineering student, is developing a guide on poly-pipe irrigation. Read more on his research here:
mafes.msstate.edu/discovers/…
