Industry News

Valor EZ, a liquid formulation of Valent U.S.A.’s herbicide, Valor, will be available for the 2017 season.

After about three hours of public hearings before an overflow audience, the Arkansas Plant Board on Nov. 21 passed a rule that would severely restrict the use of dicamba herbicide. …

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.

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Monsanto’s XtendiMax dicamba herbicide for use on cotton and soybeans genetically engineered to tolerate the herbicide. State registrations are pending.

After receiving Environmental Protection Agency registration earlier this year, BASF Inc. of Research Triangle Park, N.C., has launched Zidua Pro herbicide for soybeans.

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.

David Wildy, a diversified row-crop producer near Manila, Ark., was named the 2016 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year.

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, …

The 61st annual Tri-State Soybean Forum will be held Friday, Jan. 6, 2017, at the Dumas Community Center in Dumas, Ark.

Bayer officials have decided not to fight the Environmental Protection Agency over the registration cancellation of flubendiamide insecticide.