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...
• 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,...
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...
• 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...
• 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...
• 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...
Attendees of the LSU AgCenter’s recent Agronomic Crops School got in the field with scientists for some hands-on lessons in pest control, crop management practices, new technologies and more.
The event, held Aug. 5 at the AgCenter Dean Lee Research...
Rain, heat and humidity are a recipe for disease in the field.
Edward Sikora, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System plant pathologist, said foliar diseases have become more prevalent on soybeans during the past several weeks.
“We have a number of soybean...
Move over, herbicides. There’s a new sheriff in town. And he’s toting some powerful guns loaded with electricity to kill weeds.
This shocking new method of weed control was demonstrated at the 2021 Pest Management Field Day at the University...
A Clemson University irrigation specialist has found using soil moisture sensors in fields can increase average net income by almost 20%.
Jose Payero, assistant professor and irrigation specialist housed at the Edisto Research and Education Center, is conducting on-farm trials...
Most soybeans in Mississippi are having a good year to date, with 82% of the crop appearing in good or excellent shape past the midway point in the season.
Prices also look good, with averages above those of recent years.
But...
• By Jeff Gore, Angus Catchot, Whitney Crow and Don Cook •
We have had numerous calls over the last week or two about poor control of fall armyworm with pyrethroids. They started in the southern part of the state...
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