Do your homework and take a ‘1,000-foot look’ when selecting varieties. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Only a few decades ago, many growers didn’t think much about selecting soybean …
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Caution urged after mystery seed mailings
State agriculture officials are warning residents to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them. Reports have surfaced from South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and …
Read More »Not as bad as you think
Let’s rap about Dectes stem borer in soybeans • By Scott Stewart • Over the years and several times in the last month, I’ve had folks tell me how bad …
Read More »Anthem Flex herbicide labeled for soybeans, other legumes
Lentils, dry peas, chickpeas, soybeans and sunflowers have been added to the label for Anthem Flex herbicide from FMC. Labeled for preplant and preemergence applications in those crops, the herbicide …
Read More »Overwhelmed by seed options?
Keep these 4 things in mind to narrow the field. Harvest may seem like a distant memory, but many growers started thinking about the next growing season and selecting the …
Read More »A deep-rooted commitment
Arkansas producers embrace cover crops to boost soil health, reduce erosion and maintain profitability. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Robby Bevis views his soil as a complex living web that …
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Targeted, environmentally friendly approach enlists beneficial organism to control corn earworm in soybeans. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Monty Bohanan, who farms with his brother, Derek, near Stuttgart, Arkansas, likes …
Read More »More questions than answers
New multiple-resistant pigweed biotype proves hard to control, reinforces need to rotate effective herbicide modes of action.
Read More »A cold shoulder
Freezing winter temperatures should help knock down redbanded stink bug populations.
Read More »BASF plans to launch biofungicide seed treatment
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Velondis, a biological fungicide seed treatment that BASF initially will label for soybeans.
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