Industry News

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Syngenta's Vibrance Trio seed treatment, which contains a three-fungicide premix. The treatment targets a host of diseases during the early season, including Phytophthora, Rhizoctonia, Pythium, Fusarium, seedborne Phomopsis and seedborne Sclerotinia. The active ingredients are mefenoxam, fludioxonil...

Lonnie Fortner, a producer of cotton, corn, soybeans and peanuts in Claiborne County, will represent Mississippi in the 2018 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year contest. As an early adopter of precision agriculture technology in southwest Mississippi, Fortner...

Helm Agro has signed an agreement to acquire Extreme herbicide from BASF Corp. The herbicide, a premix of glyphosate (Weed Science Society of America Group 2) and imazethapyr (WSSA Group 2), is labeled for control of a more than...

Think you have what it takes to grow more than 60 bushels per acre, and do you farm in Arkansas? Then the Arkansas Soybean Association and the University of Arkansas want you. The two are partnering on the annual Grow...

MS Technologies and Bayer have commercially launched LibertyLink GT27 soybeans, which are tolerant to Liberty, glyphosate and a new HPPD herbicide. The HPPD herbicide that will be paired with the new releases, Balance Bean, is pending Environmental Protection Agency approval. But...

As of July 1, the Crop Production Services, or CPS, name will be no longer. In its place will be Nutrien Ag Solutions. The new brand name will align retail business across the globe and strengthen the company's long-term mission...

The Environmental Protection Agency recently registered pydiflumetofen,  an SDHI fungicide  Syngenta plans to market under the Miravis label. State registrations are pending. The product, a member of the Fungicide Resistance Action Committee's Group 7, is labeled for use on corn,...

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt joined more than 50 Mississippi farmers and landowners recently to announce two Gulf of Mexico Program grants totaling $2 million. He also toured Big River Farms and discussed pollinator health and water...

When Monheim, Germany-based Bayer closes its expected acquisition of Monsanto on June 7, the new company will drop the 117-year-old name Monsanto and will operate under the Bayer umbrella. The acquired products will retain their brand names and will become...

Corteva Agriculture has launched a multi-channel, multi-brand seed strategy for the United States. The new agricultural arm of DowDuPont will have five regional corn and seed brands, including Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech, Seed Consultants and Terral, according to a news...

The University of Arkansas, in conjunction with the Arkansas Crop Protection Association, will host the 2018 Soybean College Aug. 8 at the Newport Research Station. Experts will share their latest findings and recommendations for soybean production. Attendees also will have...

For the 10th year, Syngenta is sponsoring its Pest Patrol program, which provides pest alerts to growers and consultants who have signed up for the text messaging service. Growers and consultants also are able to access the same information...

Do you think you're a good water manager who can maximize water-use efficiency? If so, enter the University of Arkansas' 2018 Arkansas Rice and Row Crop Irrigation Yield Contest for rice, soy and corn producers. If you earn the top...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates growers nationwide plan to plant about 89 million acres of soybeans in 2018, down 1 percent from 2017, according to its Planting Intentions Report released March 29. This compares to estimated planted corn acres...

Chinese soybean imports from the United States could drop by as much 71 percent if China were to impose trade restrictions on U.S. soybeans in response to U.S. tariffs on Chinese products, according to a study for the U.S. Soybean...