• 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...

Asgrow plans to introduce 24 XtendFlex soybean varieties nationally for 2022, raising the total number of available varieties to 71 for the upcoming growing season. Leading the introductions for the Delta are AG48X9, AG46X6 and AG48XF2. Leading new XtendFlex products...

• 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...

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 Aug....

• 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...

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 Aug....

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...

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 Aug....

• By Fred Miller • The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture has appointed Trent Roberts the Endowed Chair in Soil Fertility Research. Roberts is an associate professor of soil fertility and testing for the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station...