Saturday, March 14, 2026

EPA registers BASF fungicide

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Revysol, the branded active ingredient name for mefentrifluconazole from BASF. State registrations are pending. In soybeans, it will be marketed under the Revytek product brand name. The DMI fungicide, which provides broad-spectrum control of a variety...

NASS planting report out — Arkansas cotton, soybeans up for a recount

The strangeness of Arkansas’ rain-soaked planting season sloshed over into Friday’s National Agricultural Statistics Service Acreage report, with the agency saying it would be collecting additional information on the state’s soybeans and cotton. NASS said that in July, it would...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 28, 2019

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...

UT fielding calls about sketchy dicamba control of Palmer pigweed

• By Larry Steckel • There have been a good number of calls on sketchy Palmer amaranth control with a 12.8 oz/A of Engenia or 22 ozs/A of XtendiMax mixed with a quart/A of Roundup PowerMax. I visited a number...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 21, 2019

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...

Use of cover crops for prevented planting

Farmers considering “prevent plant” crop insurance payments face decisions on what to do with unplanted fields, says Rob Myers, a University of Missouri Extension agronomist. Many farmers will file for “prevent plant” crop insurance payments this year after record-setting May...

BASF, Nutrien team on scouting app

BASF and Nutrien Ag Solutions are collaborating on a scouting application that enables growers and agronomists to instantly identify weeds and diseases within their fields. The Xarvio Scouting app is offered within the Nutrien Ag Solutions Customer Portal, according...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 14, 2019

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...

Make the most of late-planted beans with narrow rows, fungicides

Several management practices may add a little extra yield to late-planted soybean, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill Wiebold. Record-breaking wet weather set back soybean planting greatly in May. Wiebold’s research shows average yield for soybean planted in...

USDA plans to relocate NIFA, ERS to Kansas City

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service and National Institute of Food and Agriculture will relocate to the Kansas City region from the Washington, D.C., area. The other areas that had been considered were North Carolina and Indiana. “Following a...

Research shows temperature, glyphosate boost probability of dicamba volatility

Higher temperatures and mixing glyphosate with dicamba lead to increased atmospheric concentrations of dicamba, according to scientists with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture. Tom Mueller and Larry Steckel, both professors in the University of Tennessee Department of Plant...

Webcast looks at tillage effect on fate of Palmer pigweed seed in soil

University of Arkansas weed science professor Jason Norsworthy is hosting the latest Focus On Soybean webcast titled "Seed Burial and Persistence of Palmer amaranth and Waterhemp." During the 22-minute presentation, Norsworthy will provide information about the effects of tillage methods...

Influx of insect pests complicates Mid-South growing season

As if Mid-South producers don't have enough on their minds with rutted fields, flooding and late planting, now an influx of insect pests has made their lives even more difficult. And it's not limited to just one crop, either. Cotton “This...

NC kicks off 2019 soybean yield contest with a few changes

The North Carolina Soybean Yield Contest categories have changed from previous years for the 2019 Soybean Yield Contest and moving forward. Most notably, there is no longer a "Most Efficient Yield Contest." There will now be both irrigated and...

Weed control a challenge during this ‘crazy’ growing season

A late planting season and a spring of wild weather has Arkansas cropland under multiple threats. Among the biggest concerns is the inevitable arrival of problem weeds and how best to control them as the summer progresses. “In terms of...

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