Researchers from the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture outline gains in all major agricultural sectors in this year’s economic report to the governor, a marked improvement from the previous fiscal year that reflected depressed global demand for U.S....

• By Bonnie Coblentz • High commodity prices in 2021 pushed Mississippi agriculture to a sharp increase in total value — a record estimated $8.33 billion — despite a huge decline in government assistance aimed at coronavirus relief. Agriculture’s estimated value...

An improved price environment for soybeans pushed the crop’s value of production to near record highs in Mississippi in 2021. Soybean production grew about 25% from $1.2 billion in 2020 to $1.49 billion this year. It is Mississippi’s second largest...

University of Tennessee Extension and the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council collaborated with producers across the state during 2021 to host the Top Bean state soybean yield contest. Harvest delays and lower than optimal yields for some contestants reduced the total...

Pioneer introduced a diverse new class of 87 corn and soybean seed products to the U.S. market for 2022. Of those, 37 are soybeans. These advancements, powered by elite genetics derived from the Corteva Agriscience global germplasm library, build on...

Michael J. Mulvaney is the new Edgar E. and Winifred B. Hartwig Endowed Chair in Soybean Agronomy at Mississippi State University. Mulvaney enters his MSU position after having worked as a cropping systems specialist at the University of Florida. A...

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 Dec....

• By Ryan McGeeney • Now that nearly every last soybean has been harvested from Arkansas fields, Jeremy Ross, Extension soybean agronomist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, can put the harvest in perspective. The caveat being, of...

The Tri-State Soybean Forum returns to Mississippi in 2022, organized as an in-person meeting Jan. 7 at the Delta Research and Extension Center in Stoneville. “We are so glad to be returning to a face-to-face meeting,” said Preston Aust, Mississippi...

A Kansas State University plant pathologist says researchers and producers need to work together to control a soilborne disease in soybeans that can rob that crop of yields. “Sudden death syndrome is a soilborne disease of soybean that affects 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 Dec....

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 Dec....

Despite price trends, soybean acres not expected to surpass corn in 2022 A dramatic rise in fertilizer prices is weighing heavily on U.S. crop farmers and input suppliers as they prepare for the 2022 planting season. Prices for nitrogen-based fertilizers...

Scientists work to get a handle on taproot decline A monster that lives by eating the dead is hiding underground, and it has developed a taste for soybeans. For the past two years, Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station researchers have worked in...

• By Larry Steckel • Retailers and basic suppliers are all concerned about herbicide shortages in 2022. We all can recall similar concerns this past spring. In most cases applicators were able to get what they needed. However, this spring retailers...