Industry News

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture will relocate to the Kansas City region from the Washington, D.C., area. The other areas that …

This year, the Acadia Parish Louisiana State University AgCenter will again be hosting the Acadia / LSU South Farm Field Day, June 12, beginning at 8:30 a.m. We will have …

The 2019 Arkansas irrigation yield contest, “Most Crop per Drop,” is open for entries. “We are conducting a conservation yield competition measuring yield and water use for rice, soybeans and …

Mississippi State University has hired Drew Gholson as an assistant professor and the irrigation specialist with the MSU Delta Research and Extension Center and the Mississippi River Valley Alluvial Aquifer …

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Taviuim Plus VaporGrip Technology, a premix from Syngenta that contains dicamba and S-metolachlor. State registrations are pending. The premix can be used preplant, at …

The Southern Weed Science Society recently honored Larry Steckel, a professor with the University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences, with the Outstanding Educator Award. The award was presented at …

BASF hopes to launch a new triazole fungicide labeled for 17 crops in the United States this summer that will be branded under various names, depending on the crop. The …

The Enlist E3 soybean has cleared its final hurdle with the Philippines giving regulatory approval to imports of soybeans containing the trait. The move will mean farmers can plant the …

During its recent annual meeting, the Louisiana Agricultural Consultants Association awarded six scholarships totaling $12,000. Also recognized was Dennis Burns, who received the County Agent of the Year award. Burns …

Sure to be a best-seller, Mississippi State University’s “2019 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops” is available for free download from https://bit.ly/2tahYVv. The 129-page manual contains insect-related information on the gamut …