The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the use of sulfoxaflor insecticide again but on fewer crops and with additional pollinator-protection measures.
The insecticide, marketed as Transform and Closer by Dow AgroSciences, was pulled from the market in 2015 after the...
After nearly two years of study, the National Academies of Sciences released a report May 17 showing that genetically engineered, or transgenic, crops have produced "no adverse health effects" to date in the human population.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture,...
BASF recently submitted a registration request for Inscalis, a novel insecticidal active ingredient that controls piercing and sucking insects. Among those are whiteflies, aphids, psyllids, scales and leafhoppers.
The first tier of registrations, expected in 2019 pending regulatory approval, are...
The Environmental Protection Agency and registrants of flubendiamide continue to disagree about whether the insecticide should be pulled from the market.
Bayer CropScience markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it is labeled to control worm pests on several...
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Valent U.S.A. plans to expand its research facility in Leland, Miss., as well as build a new facility near Champaign, Ill. The investments are part of a wide-scale global research initiative announced earlier this month by...
Monsanto Co.'s board of directors recently approved a $975 million expansion at the company's Luling, La., site that manufactures dicamba herbicide.
Upon completion in mid-2019, the facility is expected to supply 25 to 35 percent of the demand across the...
Bayer CropScience has taken the "unprecedented step" and requested a formal hearing before an Environmental Protection Agency administrative law judge over the agency's proposed cancellation of registrations for flubendiamide insecticide.
Bayer markets the active ingredient as Belt Insecticide, and it...
Moline, Ill.-based Deere & Co. has entered into a joint venture with Hagie Manufacturing, the maker of high-clearance sprayers, in which Deere acquires majority ownership. Hagie will continue producing sprayers at its current Clarion, Iowa, location.
Equipment made by the...
For John McCormick, farming is a tradition. His ability to help his farm evolve over the years earned him the title recently of “Georgia Farmer of the Year.” He will represent Georgia at the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer...
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...
St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. plans to launch its Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans this season after it received import approval from China. The varieties contain stacked traits tolerant to both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides.
These beans will be paired...
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...
Dow AgroSciences can move ahead with its Enlist Duo herbicide, which is paired with soybean, corn or cotton varieties tolerant to the chemical premix.
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down a motion by the U.S. Environmental...
Mississippi State University Extension researchers have identified a new soybean disease that has reduced yields in several fields in the state recently.
Named "soybean taproot decline," it has symptoms similar to some other bean diseases. They include yellowing of leaves...
Mississippi State University has published the "2016 Insect Control Guide for Agronomic Crops" in a free, downloadable version. A print edition will be available at county Extension offices in January.
The updated guide has removed pyrethroid insecticides for bollworm control...
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