Saturday, July 11, 2026

UT Soybean Scout School goes virtual July 8 on Zoom

Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation, the University of Tennessee Soybean Scout School will be offered by Zoom from 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 8. The Zoom link is provided below. However, a password is required. Please contact LaDonn...

UA Pine Bluff teams with other agencies on feral hog program

Feral hogs continue to be a major problem in Arkansas, causing more than $19 million yearly to the state’s agriculture industry alone, according the Arkansas Department of Agriculture. In addition to crop losses, feral hogs damage pastures, destroy wildlife...

BASF, Corteva file motions to intervene in 9th Circuit dicamba case

UPDATED — BASF and Corteva Agriscience have filed emergency motions to intervene following the decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to vacate federal registrations of three dicamba-based herbicides. If approved, the motions would allow the...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 12, 2020

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

Environmental groups seek immediate halt to dicamba spraying

The same environmental groups that successfully filed a suit in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate registrations for three dicamba products have since asked the court to find the Environmental Protection Agency administrator in contempt. They filed an...

EPA approves 15 FMC tankmix partners for Enlist Duo herbicide

The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved 10 herbicides, four insecticides and one fungicide — all from FMC — as new tankmix partners for Enlist Duo herbicide. Once these products are posted on the Enlist Duo herbicide website of approved tankmix...

Early rust find prompts warning for growers to be on the lookout

Every year, a group of researchers and Extension specialists monitor kudzu and soybeans for Asian soybean rust. Although they had found the disease,  caused by Phakopsora pachyrhizi, on kudzu in several Southeast counties earlier this season, they now have confirmed...

LSU’s Dean Lee Research and Extension Center field day goes online

The 2020 Louisiana State University AgCenter Dean Lee Research and Extension Center virtual field tour will be on the internet starting at 8:30 a.m. CDT, July 20. “Our scientists’ research at Dean Lee has continued during the pandemic,” said Daniel...

Palmer amaranth control with all the uncertainty around dicamba

• By Larry Steckel • As most know by now, on June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia. The question now is how do we proceed from here...

How a California court ruling affects Alabama producers

Alabama producers with dicamba-tolerant crops in the ground are struggling to come to terms with a constantly changing situation surrounding a California Circuit Court ruling. California’s Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a dicamba ban effective immediately for XtendiMax,...

EPA cancellation order clarifies use of existing dicamba stocks

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued a cancellation order for three low-volatility dicamba formulations that is intended to clarify how growers and applicators may use existing stocks of the products. The directive applies to XtendiMax with Vapor Grip Technology...

Registration opens for the 2020 virtual UT Milan No-Till Field Day

COVID-19 has changed how the world is doing business and presenting education, and the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day is no exception. The 2020 event will be hosted entirely online beginning July 23, and registration is now open. Presented...

8 ag groups ask EPA to allow use of existing dicamba stocks

The Louisiana Farm Bureau Federation, along with seven other organizations representing farmers and ranchers, has asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to allow producers to use the dicamba-based products they have on hand despite a ruling by the Ninth...

MSU Extension client spurs survey to record noncovered flood costs

In a normal year, Clay Adcock grows 4,000 acres of corn, cotton and soybeans near Holly Bluff, Mississippi. But 2019 was anything but normal. “All of my farmland was completely flooded,” he says. “I didn’t have a crop this year....

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 5, 2020

Bob Stark, agricultural economics professor with the University of Arkansas’ School of Agriculture and Southeast Research & Extension Center, Monticello, and Jeremy Ross, assistant professor and Extension soybean agronomist, Little Rock, review the trading week in Arkansas, ending June...

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