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University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, June 7, 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...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 31, 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 May...

University of Arkansas’ insecticide manual has gone mobile

The University of Arkansas's MP-144, also known as “Insecticide Recommendations for Arkansas,” has gone mobile. Producers, agricultural agents and consultants will now have access to a comprehensive database of insecticide information at their fingertips, with the University of Arkansas System...

To plant or not to plant? Consider these 3 options

• By Rachel Vann and David Holshouser • Now that the weather has turned hot and dry, and with limited rainfall in the forecast, we are starting to get questions about continuing to plant soybeans or halting planting until we...

Corn and soybean survival after flooding

The extreme 2019 rainfall events have created record, or near record, river levels across many locations in the state. Many rivers and creeks across a wide geography of Missouri have put numerous corn fields under water. This article discusses the...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 24, 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 May...

EPA cancels 12 neonicotinoids

Effective May 20, the Environmental Protection Agency has cancelled registrations of 12 neonicotinoid insecticides based on voluntary requests from product registrants, according to a May 20 Federal Register notice. Under a December 2018 settlement agreement linked to an Endangered Species Act...

Metolachlor, herbicide traits and Weed Science webpage, oh my!

• By Tommy Butts and Tom Barber • There are two new Extension publications available from the Arkansas Weed Science team, FSA2185 – Metolachlor Herbicides: What are the Facts, and MP554 – Herbicide Resistance Traits: Quick Reference Guide. Metolachlor herbicides are typically...

To replant or not to replant — that is the question

• By Trent Irby • To say that this planting season has been full of challenges with respect to weather conditions would be an extreme understatement. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service, Mississippi soybean planting as...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 17, 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 May...

Early season soybean response to flooding

• By Boyd Padgett • With the recent rains, I wanted to put out some information on the impact of flooding on soybean germination, as well as the impact on young plants. Young plants: The response of young soybean (early vegetative) to...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, May 10, 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 May...

Researchers seek metribuzin-tolerant varieties to aid pigweed control

Palmer amaranth, commonly known as pigweed, has been a longtime foe of Arkansas soybean farmers. Jason Norsworthy, weed scientist for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, said it is the No. 1 weed affecting Arkansas soybean production. However,...

LSU AgCenter sets South Farm Field Day, June 12

This year, the Acadia Parish Louisiana State University AgCenter will again be hosting the Acadia / LSU South Farm Field Day, June 12, beginning at 8:30 a.m. We will have LSU AgCenter rice and soybean specialists give talks regarding rice...

UT plant pathologist part of award-winning SCN Coalition

The SCN Coalition – a public/checkoff/private partnership formed in 2018 to increase the number of growers actively managing soybean cyst nematode  – won a nationalBest of NAMA Award in 2019 for their public relations campaign. The National Agri-Marketing Association is...

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