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Energy Crisis or Just Blowing Steam? Port of Moses Lake shares take on power availability in Grant County
The following article was extracted from the Port of Moses Lake's quarterly newsletter You can’t have a conversation at a local coffee shop without someone commenting on the power shortage in Grant County, or the state and nation for that matter. While it’s today’s hot topic, frankly it’s been an issue that’s been brewing for years. What happened?
Are Snails Sentient?
“Is there any research to suggest whether snails are sentient? I would really like it if they weren’t, due to accidentally treading on them.” This was the question my creature loving wife posed on the Slido question app at the end of the morning’s three talks on consciousness.
How to Schedule Irrigation with Watermark Sensors
http://extension.msstate.edu/publications/irrometer-watermark-series-irrigation-triggers Introduction An irrigation trigger is the point at which an irrigation cycle starts. Starting too wet wastes water and energy, while starting too dry reduces yield. In this publication, we give guidance on how to select an appropriate trigger for each irrigation system and how to schedule irrigation using Watermark data.
How to Install Watermark Sensors
This publication series provides information and recommendations pertaining to the Irrometer Watermark 200SS, a granular matrix sensor commonly used in Mississippi for scheduling irrigation. Future publications will discuss other types of soil moisture sensors. Users should choose tools that best fit their needs. Introduction Proper installation increases the likelihood that sensors will accurately portray the wetting and drying of the crop root zone.
How to Determine Where to Install Soil Moisture Sensors
This publication series provides information and recommendations pertaining to the Irrometer Watermark 200SS, a granular matrix sensor commonly used in Mississippi for scheduling irrigation. Future publications will discuss other types of soil moisture sensors. Users should choose tools that best fit their needs. Introduction Where sensors are installed affects the likelihood that the readings are suitable for irrigation scheduling.
2021 Irrigation Season Approaching
The Row-Crop Irrigation Science and Extension Research (RISER) was developed as a science based approach to evaluating irrigation Best Management Practices (BMPs) here in the Delta. The RISER program is designed to assist producers in reducing water use while maintaining yield and profitability. Growers participating in the RISER program agree to allow the MSU researcher to manage the irrigation decisions on one field while the producer manages the control.
Soon it will be time to install Watermark Sensors
I’m sure irrigation is the last thing on most folks minds but here are some things to consider to prepare for irrigation season this summer. Watermark soil moisture sensors are probably the most widely used sensor here in the Delta. Watermark sensors have a useful life of approximately five years per Irrometer’s web page. Considering the time and effort it takes to replace a bad sensor after installation, dated sensors should be discarded and replaced with new sensors.
Mechanism of loss of consciousness during vascular neck restraint
vascular neck restraint (VNR) is a technique that police officers may employ to control combative individuals. When properly applied, the typical subject loses consciousness within 5–11 s, followed by a full recovery with no lasting medical complications (15, 16). The technique applies lateral compression to the vascular, muscular, and neural structures of the neck, suggesting several physiological mechanisms that might play a role in rendering the subject unconscious.
Always Proud: Know your stripes
Sponsored Lloyds Bank are proud to be supporting their colleagues and customers during Pride, and are celebrating 10 years of their LGBT+ Network, Rainbow. Words by Dan Roach In Partnership with Lloyds Bank 16th July 2020 When we began brainstorming our plans for celebrating Pride with our customers and colleagues at the start of the year, we had grand ideas of parades and community celebrations.
It’s OK to let the rice flood down
• By Drew Gholson and Dan Roach • Alternate wetting and drying is a water-saving technology that farmers can use to reduce the amount of irrigation water used in rice fields without any yield penalty. In AWD, farmers allow the flood water to recede to a “muddy” state before re-flooding the field. The number of days of non-flooded soil between irrigations can vary from one day to more than five days, depending on soil type, weather and crop growth stage.
Farm labor program announced
Delta Farm Press Staff If you are a Mississippi ag producer with job openings on your farm or know a producer in need of labor, please add your listing(s) on the Farm Corps website: msuext.ms/farmcorps A Mississippi farm labor program was announced during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Farm Labor Program Announced
The Mississippi Congressional delegation, Mississippi Farm Bureau, Mississippi National Guard and Reserves, Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce, Mississippi State University Extension Service, and other agriculture-focused groups have facilitated the pairing of furloughed or unemployed members of the Guard, Reserve, and Veterans from all our servicebranches with ag producers across Mississippi.
Louisiana farmers begin planting amid uncertain prices
• By Bruce Schultz • Soybean planting in Ouchita Parish, Louisiana — LSU AgCenter file photo Planting is underway or about to start for most crops in Louisiana, and farmers are watching the markets closely as the world economy reels from the fallout created by the novel coronavirus. Louisiana State University AgCenter economist Michael Deliberto said commodities are looking better this week, and the stock market has improved. But uncertainty from the pandemic is a dominant factor in the economy.
While it’s rainy, take some time to do maintenance on Watermark sensors
• By Drew Gholson and Dan Roach • Here it is almost late March and wet again. We noticed some field work and corn planting south of Highway 82 yesterday. I’m sure irrigation is the last thing on most folks’ minds, but here are some watermark things to consider to prepare for irrigation season this summer. Watermark soil moisture sensors are probably the most widely used sensor here in the Delta. Watermark sensors have a useful life of approximately five years per Irrometer’s web page.
Delta Area Rice Meeting November 21st.
• The 2019 Delta Area Rice Meeting will be held at the Bolivar Co. Extension office on November 21st, 2019. Mississippi rice producers, industry professionals, and other interested parties are invited • Nearly 500 people have already pre-registered for the 2019 Row Crop Short Course.
Sealing Soils Complicates Irrigation
Surface sealing in the Mississippi Delta typically occurs in soils that have a low clay and organic matter content but have a high silt fraction, i.e., most of our silt loam soils. Surface sealing, from an irrigation management standpoint, is problematic because it can drastically reduce rainfall or irrigation infiltration rates.
Moisture Sensors not Responding to Irrigation
The importance of soil moisture sensors is becoming more evident as we continue forward this growing season. This week we received a call regarding sensor readings that were assessed early this morning. The following are the data discussed in this scenario: 6 inch depth = 32 cb 12 inch depth = 64 cb 24 inch depth = 112 cb This information was collected following an irrigation last week. One might wonder where all of the water went and why the sensor readings aren’t closer to 0 after irrigation.
MSU study: Rice water weevil densities vary within a row-rice field
• By Jeff Gore and Dan Roach • MSU graduate student Read Kelly counts rice water weevil larvae from a core sample — photo courtesy Mississippi State University Read Kelly, a graduate student under the direction of Jeff Gore, has been investigating the relationship and densities of rice water weevils in furrow-irrigated or row rice. During 2017 and 2018, Kelly conducted rice water weevil studies on 11 on-farm sites across the Mississippi Delta.
Be sure to check those Watermark sensors.
After a long wet winter, irrigation is the last thing on most folks minds. Now that we have a little field work completed and some planting done, here are some things to consider to prepare for irrigation season this summer. Watermark soil moisture sensors are probably the most widely used sensor here in the Delta. Watermark sensors have a useful life of approximately five years per Irrometer’s web page.
Furrow Irrigation Rice Yield Variations
If you ask experienced furrow irrigated rice producers one thing is clear, they recognize only a small, if any, yield reduction.
Pipe Planner Trainings for April
Listed are the Pipe Planner webinars for April 2019. The Pipe Planner webinars are free to everyone and takes very little time. All you need is a secure internet connection to participate. Below is the link to access all of the April trainings being offered. Simply pick a date and click the GoTo Meeting link before the trainings begin. You may attend as many trainings as you like.
The Cost of Flood Irrigation Soybeans, Year Three Summary
The Irrigation Team at MSU was requested in 2016 to investigate the effects of flood and furrow irrigation by interested farmers. Traditionally, many rice farmers chose to flood irrigate their soybeans. Rice farmers were accustom to pulling levees in rice fields, so it was a natural fit to irrigate soybeans in the same fashion.
The Versatility of Furrow Irrigated Rice
Bill O’Neal of Allendale Planting Company in Shelby is well versed in adaptation to get the job done. Allendale is one of the farms on the riverside that for “Delta standards” most would call rolling or hilly. Two years ago, O’Neal was given the opportunity to purchase an adjacent property that was rolling and being irrigated by center pivot. With furrow irrigation for row crops of corn, soybeans and cotton in mind, O’Neal worked with his surveyor to precision landform the property.
Furrow Irrigated Rice On Farm Studies
Last week we started our conversation concerning Furrow Irrigated rice (row rice), this week we look at the on farm studies. “On farm” research trials attempt to look at the real world. “On farm” trials evaluate real world data, uncontrollable and sometimes un-explainable, but hopefully with enough time and locations, the data gives producers a glimpse of what they can expect on their farm.
Researching Row Rice
Nitrogen management was also investigated using the different rice cultivars and irrigation treatments. The results suggest that when nitrogen is applied utilizing a three way spilt of 50/25/25, highest yields were achieved. The other treatments; 100% pre flood, two thirds/one third split, and 25%/25%/25%/25% all resulted in the similar yield. All fertilizer (NBPT treated) applications were applied to wet soils with the exception of the initial pre flood treatments.
MSU research sheds light on row-rice yields
• By Bobby Golden and Dan Roach • Producing rice in a “rowed-up” manner as other row crops such as corn, soybean and cotton, was a foreign concept just a couple of years ago. Row rice or furrow-irrigated rice was initially investigated by Mississippi State University researchers as an alternative to conventional flooded rice production in the 1980s. Some of you may recall Drs. Joe Street and Ted Miller worked with Clarksdale’s Leon Bramlett to explore the agronomics of furrow-irrigated rice.
January Pipe Planner Trainings
Pipe Planner trainings will be in full swing come January 2019! All you need is a secure internet connection to take part in a free training session. Along with introductory lessons as to how to run Pipe Planner, attendees will be able to ask questions and get assistance with field designs. Below is the link to access all of the trainings offered. Simply pick a date and click the GoTo Meeting link before the trainings begin. You may attend as many trainings as you like.
Pipe Planner Training Opportunities this Week
There are four Pipe Planner trainings this week! All you need is a secure internet connection to take part in a free training session. Along with introductory lessons as to how to run Pipe Planner, attendees will be able to ask questions and get assistance with field designs. Below is the link to access all of the trainings offered. Simply pick a date and click the GoTo Meeting link before the trainings begin. You may attend as many trainings as you like.
Delta Area Rice Grower Meeting
Two workshops will be held regarding seed cotton base acre allocation. The first will be held on Tuesday, November 6 at 1 p.m. at the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation headquarters The MSU Extension Soybean Variety Demonstration Program is conducted using a set of varieties with proven performance. These varieties are grown in a production setting on various soils and management The 2018 USDA-AMS Cotton Varieties Planted Report for the U.S. was released on October 4, 2018.
2018 Row Rice Trials Update
Here are some updated photos of the Row Rice trials as they begin to head out. This year we have nine locations in Bolivar, Leflore, Coahoma, and Tunica counties. Many thanks to the producers that have provided the locations this year. This field was rowed up in the fall on the old soybean beds. A conventional drill, on nine inch spacing, was utilized to plant in the spring. Adjustments were made to the drills over the rows and in the furrows for planting on the beds.
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Pipe Planner Webinars Start Monday, March 5th.
Delta Plastics will start there online Pipe Planner Training Monday the 5th of March. Follow the information below to participate. Pipe Planner On-Line Webinar Training Mon, Mar 5, 2018 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM CST Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/415494421 You can also dial in using your phone. United States: +1 (571) 317-3122 Access Code: 415-494-421 Joining from a video-conferencing room or system?
The Commitments – Review. Leeds Grand, December 2016. Dan Roach is thoroughly entertained by a raucous conversion of the Irish musical drama
Written by // // Yorkshire Theatre // No comments Leeds Grand, December 2016 by Dan Roach The Commitments arrives at Leeds Grand Theatre, bringing a touch of Irish comedy and an abundance of soul to the heart of the city. Written in 1986 by Roddy Doyle and starring former Coronation Street actor Kevin Kennedy, The Commitments tells the story of young Dublin working class teenagers on a quest for stardom as they bring soul music to the city’s stages.
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