• By Clay Perkins, Larry Steckel and Delaney Foster • This picture (Picture 1) was taken just four days after a dicamba + glyphosate + clethodim application on 3-inch Palmer amaranth. Judging from some experience with this Palmer population, the...

• By Fred Miller • Joseph Batta-Mpouma and Gurshagan Kandhola found a tiny solution to a big problem. Batta-Mpouma says up to 70 million pounds of herbicides are lost to the environment each year in the United States, according to Environmental...

• By Tommy Butts, Tom Barber and Jason Norsworthy • We’ve had several reports of applicators experiencing issues when tankmixing products with Engenia and the new volatility reducing agent (VRA) from BASF, Sentris. Applicators have stated that they are experiencing...

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor 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 May 28,...

After having to switch to a virtual format one year ago, the Alabama Cooperative Extension System crops team will once again host an in-person Cotton and Soybean Scouting Short Course. The 62nd annual scouting school will be hosted in...

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor 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 May 21,...

Three years of research in the “MU Certified” Strip Trial Program shows that applying fungicides to soybean at the R3 growth stage reduces foliar disease and increases yield. University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette said the results come...

Mississippi is expected to have about 640,000 acres of corn in 2021. Larson said producers have had more opportunity to meet or exceed planting intentions this year than in a long time, resulting in more acres. “Recent cool temperatures and...

The University of Georgia will hold insect scouting schools on June 7 in Tifton and June 15 in Midville, Georgia. Crops to be covered include cotton, peanuts, and soybean. These programs offer basic information on insect pest identification and damage,...

A new online resource is helping agricultural producers find technologies to improve water conservation on irrigated land. The Mississippi State University Extension Service is among four land-grant universities collaborating on the webpage, which is available at https://surfaceirrigation.extension.msstate.edu. The page hosts...

The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the annual Weed Tour on Wednesday, June 16, at the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center. The guided tour will feature 60 weed management research tests in corn, soybean and...

• By Mary Hightower • May’s dark parade of rain has provided frustration aplenty for Arkansas farmers trying to get a crop in the ground, however, “this past week could’ve been much worse,” said Jarrod Hardke, Extension rice agronomist for...

Each year, American farmers raise billions of chickens, more than enough for a “chicken for every pot,” as Herbert Hoover’s campaign once promised. But all those birds mean a lot of something else: manure. Poultry litter is the mix of...

Gowan Co. has closed an agreement to purchase all the capital of Piemme S.r.l. from Giorgio Basile and other shareholders, representing 99.9% of the corporate capital in Piemme. Piemme S.r.l. is the indirect controlling shareholder of Isagro S.p.A. The...

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor 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 May 14,...