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University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 12, 2021

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending March 12,...

John Deere launches weed-detecting spray system

John Deere has launched See & Spray, a system that detects green plant material on fallow ground to activate the system. Once weeds are detected by the camera, a signal is sent back to the controller. Once the controller identifies...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 5, 2021

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Consider an inoculant if planting into fields 3-5 years without soybeans

• By David Moseley and Rasel Parvej • I am hearing that producers may plant soybean in fields that have not been planted to soybean during the last few years. Soybean plants have the ability to fix nitrogen, however, the...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 26, 2021

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Feb. 26,...

Corteva halts sale of FeXapan dicamba herbicide in U.S., Canada

Corteva Agrscience will no longer sell FeXapan brand dicamba herbicide in the United States and Canada, according to a Feb. 22 company statement. Instead, the company will focus on its Enlist platform, which is based on crops genetically modified to...

We may have to rethink our early burndown strategy

• By Larry Steckel • The challenge to burning down grasses before planting has become increasingly difficult in the past half dozen years. There are two reasons for the sketchy grass control with the traditional burndown application of glyphosate +...

Arkansas’ deep freeze may have knocked insects down but not out

• By Mary Hightower • A week of record-low temperatures may leave its mark on Arkansas’ fire ant populations, but don’t look for the cold to have reduced fly or tick numbers, Kelly Loftin, Extension entomologist for the University of...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 19, 2021

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Feb. 19,...

Glufosinate resistance emerges in Arkansas pigweed

• By Ryan McGeeney • There are some things that, even when you know it’s coming, no one’s happy when it gets here. Tom Barber, Extension weed scientist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, recently announced that he...

Arkansas’ record cold halts field prep, poses livestock concerns

• By Ryan McGeeney • Temperatures plunged to record lows across Arkansas Tuesday morning, falling to single digits or even negative numbers, even in the southernmost reaches of the state. Jeff Hood, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in North Little...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 12, 2021

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Feb. 12,...

UArk breeding program plans new soybean varieties with Enlist E3 trait

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station scientists are breeding new Arkansas-adapted soybean varieties with the Enlist E3 soybean trait. With these upcoming varieties, experiment station soybean breeders aim to give Arkansas growers greater weed-control flexibility. Leandro Mozzoni, soybean breeder for the Arkansas...

Research looks at non-chemical technology to kill weeds

If it’s a weed, spray it. That’s the mindset that most in the agriculture industry held for years. That thinking no longer works as more weeds become resistant to herbicides, said Kevin Bradley, University of Missouri Extension weed scientist. Bradley uses...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 5, 2021

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Feb. 5,...

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