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University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 8, 2021

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 Oct....

Consider these 4 points when choosing herbicide trait platforms

• By Larry Steckel and Delaney Foster • Several retailers and growers in recent weeks have asked about switching away from Xtend soybeans due to the poor pigweed control they have seen in consecutive years in some fields. There are...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 1, 2021

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 Oct....

Arkansas governor appoints new Plant Board members

Gov. Asa Hutchinson has appointed new members to the Arkansas State Plant Board to fill positions left vacant under an Arkansas Supreme Court ruling earlier this year. “The Plant Board is one of the most significant commissions for Arkansas agriculture,...

Make a plan when marketing this year’s grain crop

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Crop farmers should take this adage to heart when marketing their grain, advised University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Martyn Foreman. “If you haven’t already developed a post-harvest grain marketing...

New soybean disease could impact some Kentucky yields

The University of Kentucky Plant Disease Diagnostic Lab in Princeton confirmed the first case of red crown rot in the state during the week of Sept. 13. At this point in the growing season, this disease will have the...

Phillips County, Arkansas, soybean grower sets record of 130+ bushels per acre

• By Tracy Courage • Phillips County soybean producer Neil Culp has set a record for soybean yield, recording 130.784 bushels per acre in the annual Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Challenge. When the contest began several years ago, the...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 24, 2021

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 Sept....

UArk to host virtual rice and soybean field day Oct. 7

Research advancements in rice and soybeans, two of the top agricultural commodities in Arkansas, will be the focus of a virtual field day 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, presented by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The online...

LSU AgCenter conducts soybean variety trials, on-farm demonstrations

• By David Moseley • One of the most important decisions a soybean producer makes every year is variety selection. The Louisiana State University AgCenter conducts an Official Variety Trial (OVT) and core-block demonstration plots to provide unbiased data to...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 17, 2021

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 Sept....

Taproot decline emerges as new problem for Alabama soybean growers

Taproot decline is appearing in more soybean fields at higher levels than in previous years based on recent observations in Alabama. Taproot decline is caused by the fungus Xylaria necrophora and was first detected in the mid-2000s in the...

LSU researcher receives $325,000 grant to study Cercospora leaf blight

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...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 10, 2021

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 Sept....

Mysterious crop formation? No, soybean maze celebrates U of A’s 150th birthday

For the first time in his life, David Petter, a third-generation Arkansas farmer, is proud to show off something he’s not growing this year. Soybeans and rice are grown on the family farm north of Stuttgart. But in the middle...

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