Industry News

Dr. Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter agricultural economist, provides a timely soybean market update. New crop soybean futures prices have found themselves trading in a fairly narrow range in the midto upper $9.00 per-bushel range for much of 2015. The inability...

Ag Policy Update: FAPRI's October Price Projections The following is an excerpt from the Ag Policy Update by Dr. Kurt Guidry, LSU AgCenter agricultural economist: The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri released its...

Two MOAs In New Herbicide Cheminova, Inc. has announced the launch of Statement herbicide, a new choice for growers looking for control of glyphosate- and ALS-resistant weeds in both soybeans and cotton. A premix with two active ingredients, metolachlor and...

Arkansas soybean breeder honored Pengyin Chen, professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences and soybean breeder for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. The award will be...

New residual herbicide available Fierce herbicide, the newest residual from Valent U.S.A. Corporation, received registration for corn last year and is now available to soybean growers for the longest-lasting, broadest spectrum control of broadleaves and grasses, including species that are...

Siebert accepts Southern position SiebertDow AgroSciences has named Jonathan Siebert as an Enlist field specialist in the Mid-South and Texas. Siebert has extensive experience in weed science, agronomics, cotton and sensitivecrop research. Regulatory approvals for the Enlist system are pending...

The USDA’s Risk Management Agency has put forward a Good Performance Refund proposed rule with the intent of returning a portion of a farmer’s out-of-pocket premium based on his or her good insurance experience. The United State’s Department of Agriculture’s...