Soybean forum goes to Mississippi
The annual Tri-State Soybean Forum rotates to Mississippi in January, with an agenda that features talks on drones, regulatory changes and the commodity outlook for 2025.
The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. Jan. 3 at the Delta Regional Extension Center, Capps Building, in Leland, Miss. The program includes a catered lunch. The event is presented annually by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Louisiana State University and Mississippi State University.
“This is our opportunity each year to provide the information our soybean farmers need to make decisions about the upcoming growing season,” said Jeremy Ross, professor and soybean extension agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “We want to be sure they’re aware of regulatory shifts, as well as changes and improvements in tools, technology and resource and pest management tactics.”
The 2025 agenda includes:
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8:30 a.m. — Registration
9 a.m. — Tom Allen, Mississippi State University extension/research professor, row crop pathogens: ID and Management of Stem and Root Diseases
9:30 a.m. — Whitney Crow, Mississippi State University assistant professor, row crop entomology: Entomology Update
10 a.m. — Gene Merkl, program manager, Mississippi State University: Regulatory Herbicide Changes and Updates
10:30 a.m. — Brian Mills, assistant professor-agricultural economics, Mississippi State University: Cost of Production in Soybeans and Budgeting
11 a.m. — Will Maples, assistant professor, assistant professor-agricultural economics, Mississippi State University: 2025 Soybean Outlook
11:30 a.m. — Drew Gholson, assistant professor-agronomy, Mississippi State University: Irrigation Water Management in Soybeans
Noon – Lunch
1 p.m. — Jason Davis, remote sensing and pesticide application extension specialist, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture: UAV Technologies in Soybean Production
1:30 p.m. — Madison Dixon, Agricultural Autonomy Institute, Mississippi State University: Spray Drone Regulatory Update for 2025 Growing Season
2 p.m. — Jeremy Ross, professor, soybean agronomist, University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture: Desiccant and Harvesting
2:30 p.m. — Corey Bryant, assistant professor-agronomy-soil fertility, Mississippi State University: Fertility in Soybeans.
The conference returns to Arkansas in 2026. Details: Lea Turner at lea.turner@msstate.edu.