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Clemson & S.C. State’s AgrAbility Broadens Accessibility in Agriculture in South Carolina

This program will help the South Carolina agricultural community develop barrier-free farming. – Dale Layfield, Clemson associate professor of agricultural education Aging and ailments limit some South Carolina farmers, but faculty and researchers at Clemson and South Carolina State universities are...

LSU AgCenter hires agronomist for soybeans, sugarcane

⋅ By Kenneth Gautreaux ⋅ Andre Reis was born and raised in the big city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but at 16, he decided he wanted to go to the countryside and study agriculture. His career path has taken him...

Industry News: April 2022

Fungicide seed treatment in North Carolina soybean production As North Carolina growers shift to using earlier soybean planting dates as a mechanism to increase soybean yield, questions arise about the value of a fungicide seed treatment at earlier planting dates,...

Pioneer advances 37 soybean products for 2022

Pioneer introduced a diverse new class of 87 corn and soybean seed products to the U.S. market for 2022. Of those, 37 are soybeans. These advancements, powered by elite genetics derived from the Corteva Agriscience global germplasm library, build on...

Syngenta trademarks new insecticide active ingredient

Syngenta Crop Protection has trademarked a new insecticide active ingredient, Plinazolin technology, for launch in the coming years. It contains the active ingredient isocycloseram, a member of the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee’s Group 30. This group of insecticides is known...

Asgrow plans to introduce 24 XtendFlex varieties for 2022

Asgrow plans to introduce 24 XtendFlex soybean varieties nationally for 2022, raising the total number of available varieties to 71 for the upcoming growing season. Leading the introductions for the Delta are AG48X9, AG46X6 and AG48XF2. Leading new XtendFlex products...

River Valley Row Crop Tour

River Valley Row Crop Tour It is time for us to start meeting again in person! We are proud to announce our 2021 River Valley Row Crop Tour. We will start in Faulkner County on the Thrash Farm on our...

Corteva launches new soybean seed treatment

Beginning in 2022, soybean growers will be able to protect the genetic potential of their seed investment against double the damaging pests with Lumiderm seed treatment. The Corteva product adds cutworms, white grubs, thrips and wireworms to the control spectrum...

Got what it takes to be the Tennessee Top Bean? Enter the 2021 yield contest

Once again, eligible soybean producers will have the opportunity to participate in the Tennessee Top Bean high yield contest. This contest is sponsored by the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Board/Research Council and coordinated by the University of Tennessee Extension. To participate,...

CNH Industrial plans to buy Raven Industries

CNH Industrial N.V., which manufacturers Case IH and New Holland farm equipment, has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the capital stock of Raven Industries Inc. for $58 per share. Totaling $2.1 billion, the price represents a...

Application period opens for Arkansas’ 2021 Grow for the Green yield contest

The application period for the 11th annual Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge is officially open. All soybean producers in Arkansas are eligible to participate in this contest, which is administered by the Arkansas Soybean Association and funded...

Mark your calendars for June 16 UT Weed Tour

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the annual Weed Tour on Wednesday, June 16, at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center. The guided tour will feature 60 weed management research tests in corn, soybean and...

EPA approves fungicide premix with proprietary nanotechnology

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered AZterknot fungicide from Vive Crop Protection for use on a wide array of crops, including corn, cotton, peanuts, rice and soybeans.  It is a premix of a traditional fungicide, azoxystrobin, and a biological, an...

UArk ag economist Bob Stark plans to retire in June

After nearly a quarter-century of teaching agriculture business and policy, one of the University of Arkansas at Monticello’s storied agriculture professors is stepping down. In recognition of his 24 years of service, on April 20, Dr. Bob Stark, along with...

ASA honors University of Missouri breeder with Pinnacle Award

The American Soybean Association recently recognized Dr. Pengyin Chen from Sikeston, Missouri, with its Pinnacle Award during an awards ceremony broadcast. The ASA Pinnacle Award is an industry-wide recognition of individuals who have demonstrated the highest level of contribution and...

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