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...
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 latest Roundup Ready soybean release from the University of Arkansas breeding program—UA 5715GT—offers higher yields and a more upright plant structure than its predecessor.
As with UA 5414RR, growers can save seed for planting the following year and don't...
In the South, consultants keep a sharp lookout for economic thresholds of insect pests and take action when necessary to keep them under control.
By Carroll Smith
Soybean insects are monitored closely throughout the season in the South to spot populations...
Plant frogeye leaf spot-resistant varieties and avoid solo QoI applications if fungicides are needed.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
As strobilurin-resistant frogeye leaf spot (FLS) continues to expand across much of the Southern soybean production region, Extension specialists say using resistant varieties remains a grower’s best option.
“The No. 1 recommendation I...
You undoubtedly have seen headlines, such as “10 worst cities in which to live” or “Top 10 worst cities for car theft,” in the popular press or online. The Weed Science Society of America has its own survey in...
Kudzu bugs have been detected on kudzu in several Arkansas counties, prompting a warning to scout and only treat if economic thresholds are reached.
The pest was first detected in Arkansas in 2013, and populations have been building since. In...
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 April...
The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the comment period on a new dicamba formulation for use on soybeans and cotton genetically engineered to be tolerant to the herbicide. The deadline to comment is now May 31. The previous deadline was...
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 April...
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...
An analysis of neonicotinoid insecticidal seed treatments by a group of Mid-South entomologists found they yielded economic benefits for soybean producers.
Led by Mississippi State University entomologist Jeff Gore, they published their work in a recent issue of the Journal...
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