Louisiana Delta Crop Podcast

Dr. Dustin Harrell sits down with Kylie Miller, Dennis Burns, and RL Frazier to give a update on Rice in Louisiana and working from home during pandemic.

Dennis and Kylie discuss Nitrogen losses in corn from rainfall and mid-season applications in corn.  How do you determine how much to apply and when.

Entomologist Dr. Sebe Brown talks about the tornado at Dean Lee Research Station and gives spring 2020 update on Cotton and Soybeans. We also discuss bill bug research in Row Rice. 

Dr. Boyd Padgett joins Kylie Miller, RL Frazier, and Dennis Burns to give update on the 2020 wheat crop.  

Dr. David Moseley talks about soybean planting and RL and Kylie discuss virtual wheat and oat field day. 

R.L., Dennis and Kylie discuss planting progress and other fieldwork this past week.  Kylie talks with Dr. Kiki Fontenot and Dr. Heather Kirk-Ballard about gardening and landscaping during this time of staying at home.

R.L., Dennis and Kylie talk about current crop conditions and working remotely.  Kylie interviews Dr. Sebe Brown about seedtreatments in cotton and soybeans.  Kim Brown talks about current pesticide regulations and COVID-19

Kylie Miller talks to Dr. Dan Fromme, LSU AgCenter Corn Specialist, about making replant decisions on corn this spring.  

R.L., Kiley and Dennis discuses how agents in Louisianan are continue to work remotely as a results of the Covid-19.  Also Kiley has an interview with Dr. Trey Price on corn diseases during this wet spring. 

Corn planting has started and Dennis talks to Heath Herring about the upcoming crop year and other topics.

R.L., Dennis and Kylie talk about how little corn planting/field work has been done because of the rainy weather.  Kylie interviews Dr. Daniel Stephenson about spring weed control.  

Dennis talks to Dr. Wes Porter, Ag Engineer at University of GA, about planter maintenance.  Kylie discusses the LSU AgCenter agent training for hemp production she attended last week.  They cover the current goings on in the Louisiana Delta parishes this week.

R.L. and Kylie talk row rice with Dr. Dustin Harrell.  They cover all aspects of production and where row rice acreage is going in Northeast Louisiana.  

R.L., Dennis and Kylie start season 2 talking about what's happening in NELA and upcoming events.  Kylie discusses the greenbridge effect with the wet spring, burndown, and cover crops.

R.L. and Dennis talk to Dr. Michael Salassi, Associate Vice President Program Leader for Plant and Animal Sciences, about his ideas for the AgCenter.

Dennis talks with Dr. Sebe Brown, LSU AgCenter Entomologist, about insect pressure and problems in 2019 and what to look for in 2020.

In this episode of LA Delta Crop Report Podcast Kevin Wofford with the Louisiana Department of Ag and Forestry talks with R.L. Frazier about the unwanted pesticide pickup program scheduled for Northeast Louisiana. 

Kylie talks fall gardening with Dr. Kiki Fontenot, LSU AgCenter Vegetable Specialist.

Kylie talks about disease pressure in 2019 and looking forward into 2020 with Dr. Trey Price, LSU AgCenter Pathologist

R.L. and Dennis discuss row rice production in Louisiana with Dr. Dustin Harrell, LSU AgCenter Extension Rice Specialist

Kylie talks to Dr. Michael Deliberto, LSU AgCenter Economist, about markets, budgets and 2020 crop decisions.

R.L., Dennis and Kylie discuss harvest and other things happening in the LA Delta area.  Kylie interviews James Hendrix about planting cover crops.

R.L. and Dennis talk about harvest, pesticide pickup and peanut harvest.  Kylie interviews Dr. Kurt Guidry, Ag Economist, about crop budgets and planning for 2020.

R.L., Kylie and Dennis talk with Dr. Bill Richardson, Vice President of Agriculture and Dean of the LSU College of Agriculture.

R.L. and Dennis talk about what going on with harvest and field work while Kylie has an interview with Dr. Ashley Long, AgCenter Wildlife Biologist, about food plots and the upcoming hunting season.