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Last season a handful of Missouri growers got a chance to test out new Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans. Here's what they learned. By Carroll Smith Last year, Brad Gilmer and Lance Lawson grew seed production for Roundup Ready 2 Xtend...

The time of day when Liberty herbicide is applied can affect its effectiveness on Palmer amaranth, according to University of Tennessee studies. But researchers also have found that time of day can affect the efficacy of PPO herbicides, such as...

Citing accidental exposure that has caused injuries and even death, the Environmental Protection Agency is proposing new worker protection rules for those handling the herbicide, paraquat. Among the changes are: • New closed-system packaging designed to make it nearly impossible to...

Dow AgroSciences plans to launch Elevore with Arylex active, a new burn-down herbicide that controls a broad spectrum of broadleaf weeds, including those resistant to glyphosate and ALS herbicides. Dow expects the Environmental Protection Agency to register the herbicide in...

The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a notice of intent to cancel registrations for all Bayer CropScience and Nichino America products that contain the active ingredient, flubendiamide. The EPA says it is doing so because of adverse risks to...

Newly named soybean taproot decline disease continues to plague growers after a decade, but researchers are hot on the trail. By Vicky Boyd Editor A soybean malady first noticed about 10 years ago causing plant mortality and dubbed the "mystery disease"...

Draft a weed-control plan before planting, don’t skimp on preplant treatments and rotate modes of action. Soybeans are expected to see another low point in commodity prices this year, but that won’t change the pre-planting habits of Mid-South growers, such...

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 Feb. 19. The...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at...

Bayer CropScience has refused a request by the Environmental Protection Agency to voluntarily cancel uses of flubendiamide insecticide in the United States. Instead, Bayer will seek a review of the product's registration in an administrative law hearing. Flubendiamide is...

St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. plans to launch its Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybeans this season after it received import approval from China. The varieties contain stacked traits tolerant to both glyphosate and dicamba herbicides. These beans will be paired...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at...

Dow AgroSciences can move ahead with its Enlist Duo herbicide, which is paired with soybean, corn or cotton varieties tolerant to the chemical premix. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently struck down a motion by the U.S. Environmental...

Bob Stark, an agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research and Extension Center in Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, an assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist in Little Rock, take a look at the past...

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has launched a new budgeting tool that will allow growers to decide the optimal mix of irrigated crops for the Texas High Plains. “We wanted to create a decision aid that assists irrigated operators in making...