Row Crop Short Course draws from across Mississippi and southeast
Topics included best practices for weed and pest management, advanced irrigation management, nutrient management and delivery, spray drone application and regulation, updates to federal farm policy, and economic outlooks for soybeans, corn, and cotton.
The 2025 Row Crop Short Course, hosted by the Mississippi State University Extension Service and the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, drew from Mississippi and 16 other states when it was held in Starkville in early December.
With nearly 700 attendees, the annual event brought together agricultural producers, industry representatives and row-crop specialists to exchange knowledge, share best practices and build professional connections. The gathering illustrated the “Mississippi model” in action, bringing together producers, Extension specialists, and researchers in a single forum focused on practical, field-level outcomes. It also served as a networking hub for producers and researchers working across Mississippi’s university and federal agricultural research landscape.
Participants represented 54 of Mississippi’s 82 counties, reflecting broad statewide engagement. Counties represented included Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Coahoma, Copiah, DeSoto, Forrest, Franklin, Grenada, Hinds, Holmes, Humphreys, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lamar, Lee, Leflore, Lowndes, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pearl River, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Rankin, Smith, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Walthall, Warren, Washington, Webster, Winston, Yalobusha and Yazoo counties.
Out-of-state attendees traveled from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
The 2026 Row Crop Short Course is scheduled for Dec. 7–9, 2026, with free preregistration opening in early November.
