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Syngenta launches Cropwise Seed Selector for NK

Syngenta and NK Seeds have launched the Cropwise Seed Selector, which combines artificial intelligence, two decades of agronomic information a a simple user interface. The tool also is designed to ensure different systems developed in the market can connect to...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 11, 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 Sept. 11,...

Sales up 20% over last year as China makes series of big purchases

In a year that has otherwise been a tough slog for soybean producers and other farmers in the United States, a silver lining emerged this week: China, the world’s largest importer of soybeans and many other commodities, booked purchases...

UK to continue research into surprising yield bump

University of Kentucky researchers are studying the reasons behind an unexpected yield increase that appeared in a doctoral student’s soybean research. Katherine Rod, UK doctoral student, was studying intensive management practices in double-crop soybeans under the advisement of Carrie Knott,...

UArk plans virtual irrigation tour Sept. 10

Mike Wood uses technology on his Cross County soybean and rice farm in Cherry Valley, Arkansas, to protect and improve water quality and help reduce water use. Computerized irrigation management, the use of soil moisture sensors and surge valve...

It’s a good time to scout for weeds

• By Larry Steckel • Some have been concerned about losing dicamba due to court or Environmental Protection Agency rulings. Everyone should be more concerned about losing dicamba and 2,4-D to Charles Darwin’s theory. Weeds developing herbicide resistance has caused the...

How to determine soybean irrigation termination timing

• By Trent Irby and Drew Gholson • While some acres have finished and combines have started moving across fields, other acres that were planted later are still progressing through late reproductive growth stages. With that said, a lot of our...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Sept. 4, 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 Sept. 4,...

NCSU plans late-season soybean management webinar Sept. 11

Have questions about late-season insect and disease management? Want to learn about the new historical basis tool developed by North Carolina State Extension to aid in grain marketing? Please join us for a Zoom webinar at 8 a.m. EDT, Sept....

Mark your calendars for UArk’s Virtual Soybean Field Day Sept. 17

The University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture will present the latest in Arkansas soybean research during an online soybean field day Sept. 17. It will be the third of four commodity events held online to provide Arkansas growers...

3 ag chem wholesalers/retailers form joint venture as GreenPoint AG

Agri-AFC, GreenPoint AG and Tennessee Farmers Cooperative have formed a joint venture combining their agronomy operations and will operate under the banner "GreenPoint AG." The combination will include all operations of Agri-AFC LLC’s wholesale and retail business, GreenPoint AG’s retail...

Hurricane Laura damages some Louisiana soybeans, other row crops

Most Louisiana soybean fields are in decent shape following Hurricane Laura, but there are pockets of serious damage in areas that received strong winds and rain. “Statewide, the crop fared pretty well,” said LSU AgCenter soybean specialist David Moseley, who...

SDS appearing in Missouri bean fields — keep records for future use

University of Missouri Extension agronomists reported during their weekly teleconference that sudden death syndrome is showing up in soybean fields across the state. MU Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette says she is not surprised that the yield-robbing disease has reared...

Nufarm launches Pather MTZ premix

Nufarm Americas Inc. has launched Panther MTZ herbicide, the latest in the Panther family of herbicide formulations. It contains a premix of metribuzin, a Weed Science Society of America Group 5, and flumioxazin, a Group 14. Together, they provide a...

Laura’s wicked winds twist soybeans, flatten rice in Arkansas

• By Mary Hightower • Bryce Baldridge, a Lawrence County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, heard the warnings Thursday night. “They said a tornado was headed for Bono which is where I live,” he...

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