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Purdue updates adjuvant guide, offers free downloads

Ah, have times have changed. When Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., published its first "Compendium of Herbicide Adjuvants" in 1992, it contained 76 listings from 22 companies. Thirteen editions later, and the 2016 version lists 779 products from 38...

EPA OKs XtendiMax dicamba herbicide

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BASF launches new soybean herbicide premix, Zidua Pro

After receiving Environmental Protection Agency registration earlier this year, BASF Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has launched Zidua Pro herbicide for soybeans. The residual herbicide premix controls a broad array of grassy and broadleaf weeds, including Palmer amaranth. It contains...

2017 Southern Soybean Varieties

Check out the myriad existing and new varieties available for the 2017 planting season. Each variety is followed by a list of bullet points that highlight its traits. Don't see a variety that fits your particular planting program? The 2017 Southern Soybean...

Arkansas row-crop producer named Sunbelt Expo Farmer of the Year

David Wildy, a diversified row-crop producer near Manila, Ark., was named the 2016 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year. Wildy, who was named the overall winner during the Willie B. Withers Luncheon, was chosen from among 10 state winners...

Nominations sought for 2017 Louisiana Hall of Distinction

Nominations are being sought for the 2017 Louisiana Hall of Distinction through Nov. 21. Selected individuals will be recognized during a banquet at L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge on March 2, 2017. A joint effort among the Louisiana State University AgCenter, Louisiana...

Tri-State Soybean Forum slated for Jan. 6 in Dumas, Ark.

The 61st annual Tri-State Soybean Forum will be held Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at the Dumas Community Center in Dumas, Ark. Presentations from Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas specialists will include an herbicide status update, market outlook on farm profitability and land...

Bayer decides not to fight EPA over Belt insecticide

Bayer officials have decided not to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over the registration cancellation of flubendiamide insecticide. In a statement Wednesday, the company said it was too risky to appeal the case. The insecticide is marketed by Bayer as Belt...

EPA registers new insect growth regulator

Tampa, Fla.-based Helm Agro US recently received Environmental Protection Agency Section 3 registration for its insecticide/miticide Diflumax 2L. The product, an insect growth regulator, contains the active ingredient diflubenzuron. It blocks the production of chitin, which is used to build...

Bayer commits to Southern soybeans with new breeding stations

A relative newcomer to soybean development, Bayer has reconfirmed its commitment to the Mid-South industry with the recent completion of a new soybean breeding station near Marion, Ark. The Marion facility joins the Soybean Breeding and Trait Development Station Bayer completed...

University of Arkansas dedicates new foundation seed plant

Flanked by members of Arkansas'  rice, soybean and wheat promotion boards, officials with the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture dedicated a new foundation seed processing plant, Aug. 9, outside of Stuttgart. The state-of-the-art plant, which was built on university property...

Appeals board sides with EPA, cancels Belt insecticide registration

An Environmental Protection Agency appeals board has upheld the agency’s decision to cancel registration of Belt insecticide from Bayer CropScience, but it will let growers use existing stocks. Belt, which contains the active ingredient flubendiamide, is labeled to control lepidopteran...

Arkansas soybean group challenges producers to ‘Grow for the Green’

Think you have what it takes to "Grow for the Green"? The Arkansas Soybean Commission is encouraging Arkansas soybean producers who have yields of 60 bushels per acre or greater to enter its 2016 yield contest. First place in each of...

Yield contest challenges Alabama soybean producers

Calling all Alabama soybean producers. You could win $10,000 if you produce 100 bushels per acre or more on an Alabama field during the 2016 season. If two producers make the 100-bushel yield, the award will be $6,000 for first...

Judge upholds EPA’s cancellation of Belt insecticide

An administrative law judge has upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's decision to cancel registration of the insecticide, flubendiamide. The active ingredient, marketed by Bayer CropScience as Belt, received a conditional registration in 2008. Bayer is joined by Nichino America as...

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