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Nufarm plans new manufacturing plant for Greenville, Mississippi

Nufarm Americas Inc. plans to expand its North American manufacturing operations with a new facility in Greenville, Mississippi, designed to support its growing herbicide and cotton portfolios. The Australian-owned company selected a 16-acre site after an extensive review of locations...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 17, 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. 17,...

EPA registers new Syngenta seed treatment premix

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Syngenta's Vibrance Trio seed treatment, which contains a three-fungicide premix. The treatment targets a host of diseases during the early season, including Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Fusarium, seedborne Phomopsis and seedborne Sclerotinia. The active ingredients are mefenoxam, fludioxonil...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 10, 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....

LSU economists see strong demand for state’s soybeans

Worldwide demand for U.S. soybeans remains strong in the midst of a trade war, and China still needs America’s soybeans, according to an Louisiana State University AgCenter report on trade tensions with China. “There are, as yet, no signs of...

Threecornered alfalfa hoppers spark calls about thresholds

Over the past week, Sebe Brown, Louisiana State University AgCenter Extension antomologist, has received a number of phone calls about the economic thresholds  for threecornered alfalfa hoppers (TCAH) in soybean. He addressed those questions in this LSU AgCenter column. Based on...

Early GPS adopter to represent Mississippi at Sunbelt Expo

Lonnie Fortner, a producer of cotton, corn, soybeans and peanuts in Claiborne County, will represent Mississippi in the 2018 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year contest. As an early adopter of precision agriculture technology in southwest Mississippi, Fortner...

Researchers work to unravel the mysteries of taproot decline

Superb sleuthing among plant pathologists in three states helped track down the culprit whose symptoms include soybean seedling death, yellow leaves and lower yields. Taproot decline, a disease first noticed in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi in 2007 and formally identified...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, July 20, 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 July...

New nematode pest found in Louisiana

A new pest that attacks certain crops grown in Louisiana has been identified. The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii (M. enterolobii), is a serious pest that has a high rate of reproduction and a wide host range, including soybeans, sugarcane and...

Weed scientists meet to ID needed research on off-target dicamba movement

The Weed Science Society of America recently released a report based on a recent research workshop on the off-target movement of dicamba herbicides. The meeting, comprising invited scientists, regulators and registrants, was designed to identify data gaps and develop research...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, July 13, 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 July...

Helm plans to acquire Extreme herbicide from BASF

Helm Agro has signed an agreement to acquire Extreme herbicide from BASF Corp. The herbicide, a premix of glyphosate (Weed Science Society of America Group 2) and imazethapyr (WSSA Group 2), is labeled for control of a more than...

Test your skills with Arkansas Grow for the Green yield contest

Think you have what it takes to grow more than 60 bushels per acre, and do you farm in Arkansas? Then the Arkansas Soybean Association and the University of Arkansas want you. The two are partnering on the annual Grow...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, July 6, 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 July...

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