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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...

EPA approves non-selective herbicide, desiccant from Helm Agro

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Reviton herbicide from Helm Agro US Inc. for use as a desiccant and non-selective preplant burndown in field corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat. A PPO-inhibitor herbicide, it contains the branded active ingredient, Tergeo. It...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 9, 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. 9,...

Mississippi growers race to harvest beans ahead of Hurricane Delta

Soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta are hustling to beat Hurricane Delta. Row crop producers across the state are joining in the scramble to harvest as many of their crops as possible before the storm’s expected heavy rains batter their...

Corteva launches Kyber, a 3-way herbicide premix

Corteva Agriscience recently launched Kyber herbicide, a three-way liquid premix for soybeans, for the 2021 season. The preemergence soybean herbicide has three effective modes of action: metribuzin, a Weed Science Society of America Group 5; flumioxazin, a Group 14;...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Oct. 2, 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. 2,...

Timely soybean harvest is needed to maintain yields, quality

Kentucky has experienced a couple weeks of dry weather. As a result, soybean producers need to pay close attention to their crops to make sure they get them out of the field in a timely manner. “This year’s dry weather...

XtendFlex soybeans clear last major regulatory hurdle with EC approval

The European Commission has authorized XtendFlex soybean technology for food, feed, import and processing into the European Union, marking the final major approval hurdle to the genetically modified stacked traits. As a result, Bayer plans a full launch in the...

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