In response to numerous complaints of suspected dicamba drift, the Tennessee Department of Agriculture issued emergency application restrictions on newer dicamba formulations. Use of older dicamba formulations are banned in Tennessee for the rest of the season.
The rules are...
BASF, which markets Engenia dicamba herbicide, says Missouri and Arkansas agriculture officials' decision to temporarily halt dicamba applications robs farmers of one of the few technologies they have to control weeds resistant to other chemistries.
The Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based...
After a series of delays, it appears an emergency ban on in-season over-the-top use of dicamba on Xtend crops in Arkansas will go into effect at 12:01 a.m., July 11.
Following more than 130 complaints filed with the state, the...
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison has sided with two Arkansas Plant Board recommendations that prohibit the sale and use of dicamba herbicide on Xtend crops as well as increase fines for illegal use of the herbicide. The emergency rules would...
Although surge irrigation can improve irrigation and ultimately improve your bottom line, programming the surge units may not be the easiest thing.
The University of Arkansas has taken some of the mystery out of that with a new fact sheet...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...
In a special meeting June 23, the Arkansas State Plant Board passed an emergency rule on a 9-5 vote that would ban the use of in-season dicamba on row crops. At the same time, the board wants to speed...
Due to a "procedural error" yesterday (June 20), the Arkansas Plant Board's vote on an emergency prohibition of dicamba applications in that state has been rendered invalid.
The board will take up the matter again at a special meeting, 10.m.,...
Dicamba drift complaints are up sharply this year compared to 2016 in Arkansas, with 117 having already been logged with the Arkansas State Plant Board as of June 19.
Jason Bond, a weed Extension specialist at Mississippi State University, also...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...
Ask most Mid-South and Southern soybean growers what their most troublesome weed is, and they'll say Palmer pigweed—also known as Palmer amaranth. Not only is the weed inherently difficult to control because of its prolific seed production, but now...
It should come as no surprise that Palmer amaranth ranks as the most troublesome and difficult-to-control weed in 12 categories of broadleaf crops, fruits and vegetables, according to a survey conducted by the Weed Science Society of America. The most...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending May...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending May...
The American Soybean Association and Valent USA have partnered on the newly created Soy Leaders of the Future program, which will improve young people's understanding of major policy issues that impact soybean farmers.
Program participants also will learn the importance of...
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