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University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 5, 2018

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 Oct. 5,...

Louisiana soybeans suffer from soggy September

The 2018 soybean harvest that started well has turned soggy, particularly for central and southwest Louisiana, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “Because of this wet weather, many producers have not been able to harvest a crop that...

As season nears end, don’t drop your guard on soybean rust

• By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen • Many of the soybeans in North Carolina are past the critical growth stages for impact by soybean rust, but there may be a few late-planted, later-maturing fields that could be affected by the disease. Since Hurricane...

EPA registers new BASF insecticide

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Inscalis insecticide from BASF to control piercing-sucking insect pests in a number of row and specialty crops, including soybeans. State registrations are pending. As many crop-protection companies have begun doing, Inscalis is the brand...

Rains dampen otherwise optimistic outlook for Louisiana soybeans

With more than half the Louisiana soybean crop harvested, many farmers are looking at a good year, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “About 60 percent of the crop is out of the field,” he says. Farmers were reporting...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 21, 2018

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 Sept....

Soybean considerations following Hurricane Florence

• By Dr. Rachel Vann, Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Specialist, Crop & Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University • Hurricane Florence has caused catastrophic damage across parts of North Carolina primarily from flooding but also from wind damage. The impacts on...

Wheat, double-crop beans look profitable in 2019

As Kentucky grain producers look ahead to 2019, they may want to consider adding wheat seeding to their plans this fall. The combination of wheat followed by double-crop soybeans appears to be more profitable for the upcoming marketing year...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 14, 2018

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 Sept....

RISER irrigation program helps boost water-use efficiency

Before adopting RISER techniques on his farm, irrigating was the part of the growing season Clark Carter always dreaded. “We would string out plastic pipe, punch holes in it every couple of feet, and hook it up, only to see...

Missouri Fisher Delta Research Center field day draws large crowd

A great crowd gathered for the 57th Fisher Delta Research Center field day, which focused on “Guiding the Future of Delta Agriculture.” Attendees packed the tour wagons to hear presentations on the soybean, cotton and rice research. “Our researchers work tirelessly...

Arkansas researchers begin trial with ‘seed destructor’

For decades, the fight against weeds in Arkansas agriculture —barnyardgrass and Palmer amaranth, in particular — has been an ongoing war of attrition as weed populations gradually acquire resistance to one herbicidal chemistry after another. During this time, weed scientists...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 31, 2018

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 Aug....

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 24, 2018

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 Aug....

Sudden death syndrome observed in North Carolina soybeans

 • By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen • Soybeans submitted through the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic have been confirmed to have the causal agent of sudden death syndrome, Fusarium virguliforme (syn. Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines). This disease is not annually a...

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