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Draft a weed-control plan before planting, don’t skimp on preplant treatments and rotate modes of action. Soybeans are expected to see another low point in commodity prices this year, but that won’t change the pre-planting habits of Mid-South growers, such...

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 Feb. 19. The...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at...

Bayer CropScience has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency to voluntarily cancel uses of flubendiamide insecticide in the United States. Instead, Bayer will seek a review of the product's registration in an administrative law hearing. Flubendiamide is...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at the past...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has launched a new budgeting tool that will allow growers to decide the optimal mix of irrigated crops for the Texas High Plains. “We wanted to create a decision aid that assists irrigated operators in making...

The University of Arkansas has published its latest guide to diseases of tree and row crops ranging from apples to zucchini, including soybeans and rice. The 95-page guide, known officially as MP154, is available free for the download at www.uaex.edu. With...

DuPont and Dow have announced they plan to merge into one company — DowDuPont — then spin off three independent publicly traded companies. Those firms would focus on agricultural, material science and specialty products. Combined, the two are worth about...

Livemore, Calif.-based Topcon Precision Agriculture has introduced the Apollo line of application controllers for air seeders. The line-up includes the CM-40 control module and the EM-24 expansion module, both which feature Topcon's Horizon software when combined with the X30 console. They...

The 2014 Arkansas Cash Soybean market lost 12 cents over its last weekend of the market period and opened on the past Monday at an $8.79 statewide average. Price moved higher through the remaining two days of trading and ended the 2014 market period on Wednesday at $9.07, unchanged from the previous Friday closing average. Eight markets were providing old crop quotes when trading ended for the marketing season. High individual daily market quote of the shortened week was $9.22 at Helena on Wednesday. Low daily quote of the week occurred on Monday as Augusta reported a price of $8.63. The Wednesday reported closing prices to end the season ranged from an $8.81 low at Augusta to the high of $9.22 at Helena. The closing range of 41 cents was 13 cents narrower than the previous week.

Experts weigh in on what it takes to control frogeye leaf spot and other diseases that are prevalent in the Mid-South. ‘Magic bullets’ have lost various degrees of efficacy. Record high soybean yields across the Mid-South are prompting growers and...

To avoid pest-related yield loss, growers and other stakeholders in crop production need timely and geographically relevant information. By Moneen M. Jones and Joseph M. Russo Food security refers to the conditions under which individuals have access to sufficient amounts of...

Insect growth regulator piggybacks with fungicides at the R3 stage and may be adding to plant health in a systems approach. Arkansas crop consultant Rick Deviney always encourages his growers to push their soybean yields to the max; his producers...