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Get soil tested at Clemson Ag Service Lab

Fall is in the air and hundreds of photos of changing landscape colors are being shot every day. Clemson University experts say pictures growers should focus on this season are those that give a clearer vision of their soils’...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Nov. 6, 2020

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 Nov. 6,...

Crops face danger of BMSB damage

A flurry of calls and emails from homeowners about the brown marmorated stink bug to University of Missouri Extension specialists sounds a warning of what is to come in in the next two years. MU Extension field crop entomologist Kevin...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 30, 2020

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 Oct. 30,...

BASF updates Engenia label, plans 2 related product launches

On the heels of the Environmental Protection Agency’s reregistration of Engenia-brand dicamba, BASF has updated the label to reflect application changes. The company also hopes to launch two products that can be used in conjunction with Xtend crops. Label enhancements The...

New dicamba labels for dummies

Editor's note: Iowa State University Extension weed specialist Bob Hartzler summarizes the high points of the recent reregistration of over-the-top dicamba products and the new rules that come with the new five-year labels. It is by no means all...

EPA extends dicamba registrations with new rules for 5 years

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently approved registrations for two dicamba products for another five years and extended the registration of another dicamba product. All three registrations include new control measures to ensure these products can be used effectively while...

North Carolina 2020 soybean seed quality issues

• By Dominic Reisig, Lindsey Thiessen and Rachel Vann • Soybean seed quality issues are widespread across the North Carolina Coastal Plain and parts of the Tidewater region this year in indeterminate varieties planted prior to mid-May. We do not...

Louisiana’s soybean season was one for the history books

• By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price and Michael Deliberto • The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books. In March, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated Louisiana producers would increase soybean acres...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 23, 2020

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 Oct. 23,...

EPA registers low-use-rate insecticide from FMC

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Vantacor insect control from FMC Corp. for use on an array of crops including soybeans, corn, cotton, peanuts, potatoes, sweet corn, sugarcane and onions. Vantacor is a highly concentrated formulation of Rynaxypyr...

EPA approves Bayer Delaro Complete fungicide premix

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently registered Delaro Complete premix fungicide from Bayer for use on soybeans and corn. It contains three active ingredients — prothioconazole, fluopyram and trifloxystrobin — Fungicide Resistance Action Committee Groups 3, 7 and 11, respectively,...

Asgrow plans to introduce 47 new XF soybean varieties for 2021

Following the European Commission's authorization of XtendFlex technology, Asgrow brand has released its soybean lineup that includes 47 varieties with the new stacked traits across all maturity groups for 2021. Asgrow XtendFlex varieties from Bayer have been genetically modified to...

MSU’s 2020 Row Crop Short Course falls victim to COVID-19

It is with great regret that we have cancelled the 2020 Row Crop Short Course at Mississippi State University. Due to the global pandemic, we see no viable way to conduct this event. Our team did not make this...

BASF introduces three new seed treatments for 2021

With the recent registration by the Environmental Protection Agency, BASF has introduced three new seed treatments for soybeans: Vault IP Plus, Poncho XC  and Relenya. They will be available through local retailers for the 2021 season, according to a...

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