Cercospora leaf blight has been a bane to soybean farmers in the Mid-South region for more than two decades, costing the industry more than $250 million in the past five years alone. Now, thanks to a three-year, $324,988 research...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Sept....
• By Virginia Sykes •
As corn and soybean come out of the fields, it’s time to think about planting cover crops. Cover crops offer many benefits to cash crop systems.
They can improve soil health and long-term resiliency, suppress weeds,...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Sept....
Corn harvest is underway and soybean harvest will soon begin in South Carolina. To help farmers make decisions related to storing or field drying grain crops, Clemson University has a new app.
The app is the Clemson EMC Calculator, developed...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Aug....
• By Dominic Reisig •
Although stink bugs were light across North Carolina (with a few exceptions) in corn and cotton, they will stack up in soybeans as the season progresses. Since we've had a few mild winters in a...
• By Sandy Steckel and Scott Stewart •
Many soybeans in Tennessee have entered the reproductive stages, and this is a critical time for scouting insects. This is especially true for fields in the later development stages with seed forming...
Asgrow plans to introduce 24 XtendFlex soybean varieties nationally for 2022, raising the total number of available varieties to 71 for the upcoming growing season.
Leading the introductions for the Delta are AG48X9, AG46X6 and AG48XF2. Leading new XtendFlex products...
• By Daniel Stephenson, Donnie Miller, Sebe Brown and David Moseley •
Across the Louisiana, redbanded stink bug numbers are increasing as the growing season progresses. Louisiana State University AgCenter entomologists recommend the control of RBSB threshold populations until the...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Aug....
• By Sandy Steckel and Scott Stewart •
We are currently experiencing another round of fall armyworm in bermudagrass here at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson, Tennessee, and this is also occurring elsewhere. We wouldn’t be...
• By Dominic Reisig •
Fall armyworm is a sporadic outbreak pest that doesn’t overwinter in North Carolina. Populations migrate here as early as May but really crank up as the summer progresses. We often find fall armyworm in late-planted...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Farmers: Know thine enemy.
For decades, Arkansas growers, and the consultants and Extension agents who support their efforts, have combatted various soilborne diseases that either hobble or outright destroy crops.
Some diseases, along with the pathogens that...
Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor emeritus with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas ending Aug....
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