Production

The Environmental Protection Agency has extended the registration of specific dicamba formulations for over-the-top use in dicamba-tolerant cotton and soybean varieties for two more years. The action was based on input from and extensive collaboration among EPA, state regulators, farmers,...

Southern root-knot nematodes can harm the growth and development of soybean plants. What makes nematodes a serious issue is that unlike most pests, nematodes can’t be seen and they can significantly affect the success of the crop. Often times, the...

Mother Nature has much to say about soybean yield and grain quality almost every year, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill Wiebold. This year was no exception. Several important soybean-growing regions in Missouri experienced severe drought this year....

Heavy rains covering much of Arkansas, beginning late last week and continuing through the weekend, have further slowed harvest for both cotton and soybeans. And weather damage is already causing significant discounts in payout to growers, experts with the...

While plants may look healthy on top, what goes on underground could wipe out an entire crop. That is why a team of Clemson scientists is studying soybean plant roots to understand the roots’ ability to penetrate hardpan soil and...

The 2018 soybean harvest that started well has turned soggy, particularly for central and southwest Louisiana, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “Because of this wet weather, many producers have not been able to harvest a crop that...

• By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen • Many of the soybeans in North Carolina are past the critical growth stages for impact by soybean rust, but there may be a few late-planted, later-maturing fields that could be affected by the disease. Since Hurricane...

With more than half the Louisiana soybean crop harvested, many farmers are looking at a good year, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “About 60 percent of the crop is out of the field,” he says. Farmers were reporting...

As Kentucky grain producers look ahead to 2019, they may want to consider adding wheat seeding to their plans this fall. The combination of wheat followed by double-crop soybeans appears to be more profitable for the upcoming marketing year...

Before adopting RISER techniques on his farm, irrigating was the part of the growing season Clark Carter always dreaded. “We would string out plastic pipe, punch holes in it every couple of feet, and hook it up, only to see...

 • By Dr. Lindsey Thiessen • Soybeans submitted through the Plant Disease and Insect Clinic have been confirmed to have the causal agent of sudden death syndrome, Fusarium virguliforme (syn. Fusarium solani f. sp. glycines). This disease is not annually a...

Over the past week, Sebe Brown, Louisiana State University AgCenter Extension antomologist, has received a number of phone calls about the economic thresholds  for threecornered alfalfa hoppers (TCAH) in soybean. He addressed those questions in this LSU AgCenter column. Based on...

Superb sleuthing among plant pathologists in three states helped track down the culprit whose symptoms include soybean seedling death, yellow leaves and lower yields. Taproot decline, a disease first noticed in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi in 2007 and formally identified...

A new pest that attacks certain crops grown in Louisiana has been identified. The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne enterolobii (M. enterolobii), is a serious pest that has a high rate of reproduction and a wide host range, including soybeans, sugarcane and...

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...