Friday, March 13, 2026

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Palmer amaranth control with all the uncertainty around dicamba

• By Larry Steckel • As most know by now, on June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia. The question now is how do we proceed from here...

How a California court ruling affects Alabama producers

Alabama producers with dicamba-tolerant crops in the ground are struggling to come to terms with a constantly changing situation surrounding a California Circuit Court ruling. California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a dicamba ban effective immediately for XtendiMax,...

EPA cancellation order clarifies use of existing dicamba stocks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a cancellation order for three low-volatility dicamba formulations that is intended to clarify how growers and applicators may use existing stocks of the products. The directive applies to XtendiMax with Vapor Grip Technology...

Registration opens for the 2020 virtual UT Milan No-Till Field Day

COVID-19 has changed how the world is doing business and presenting education, and the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day is no exception. The 2020 event will be hosted entirely online beginning July 23, and registration is now open. Presented...

8 ag groups ask EPA to allow use of existing dicamba stocks

The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, along with seven other organizations representing farmers and ranchers, has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow producers to use the dicamba-based products they have on hand despite a ruling by the Ninth...

MSU Extension client spurs survey to record noncovered flood costs

In a normal year, Clay Adcock grows 4,000 acres of corn, cotton and soybeans near Holly Bluff, Mississippi. But 2019 was anything but normal. “All of my farmland was completely flooded,” he says. “I didn’t have a crop this year....

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 5, 2020

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

Ninth Circuit Court vacates EPA low-volatility dicamba registrations

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in San Francisco vacated current U.S. registrations for three low-volatility dicamba products on June 3. At least three state departments of agriculture have said they will continue to allow dicamba applications...

As kudzu bugs build, follow thresholds to avoid costly resprays

 • Dominic Reisig • I tweeted last month that there was no shortage of kudzu bugs around and that I expected some beans to be sprayed. However, I was expecting sprays in July and August, not during June! We haven’t seen numbers...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 29, 2020

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending May...

Kinze plans to introduce 2 high-speed planters in 2021

Kinze Manufacturing plans to add a 16-row 4905 True Speed planter model to its offerings for 2021. This follows a previous announcement that the company planned to introduce a 24-row 4905 planter for 2021. “The 16-row configuration was originally planned...

Behind planting full-season beans: What maturity group can I use?

• By Rachel Vann • Many North Carolina growers are now planting soybeans later than they intended to. Whether it is because wet weather prevented fields from getting planted in the first place or excessive wet weather is requiring a...

Arkansas Soybean Board sponsors 2020 Grow for the Green contest

The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board is once again sponsoring the Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge this season. In 2019, Matt Miles, who farms near McGehee, broke the record with 120.533 bushels per acre with Pioneer P48A60X. Miles is...

Tennessee launches 2020 ‘Top Bean’ soybean yield contest

The Tennessee Soybean Association and Promotion Board will once again sponsor the "Top Bean" soybean yield contest in 2020. Growers are encouraged to work with their local county Extension agent to enter their best irrigated and dryland fields and...

Failed cotton stand…can I replant to soybeans?

• Dr. Charlie Cahoon Jr. and Wesley Everman • Unfortunately, last week’s rain proved too much for many North Carolina cotton fields. For those pondering their replant options, here are some points to consider: 1. Regardless of replant crop, you must...

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