Friday, September 11, 2026

EPA registers Syngenta fungicide seed treatment

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Saltro fungicide soybean seed treatment from Syngenta to control sudden death syndrome and nematodes. The seed treatment contains the active ingredient Adepidyn, the brand name for pydiflumetofen, an SDHI fungicide. It belongs to the...

3 considerations for soybean harvest aids

• By Angela McClure • Although the majority of soybeans are harvested without the benefit of a harvest aid, there are a few situations where they make sense. Using the right product in the right field at the right timing...

Do’s and don’ts of treating soybean insects in September

• By Dominic Reisig • Do: Scout your crop. Identification is the first step so you know what you’re dealing with. The second step is counting what you have. Using these two things, you can apply Extension-recommended thresholds and save...

Keep these points in mind when considering a harvest aid

• By Trent Irby • As we move into September, we have had a few acres of soybean harvested, some that have already received a harvest aid, many that are getting close to maturity, and, in the case of the...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 30, 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 Aug....

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 23, 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 Aug....

Reports of Palmer amaranth escapes in Xtend crops continue to mount

• By Larry Steckel • I was thinking it might be 2021 or at least 2020 before we would start getting reports of Xtend soybean fields that were wrapped up with Palmer amaranth. Wrong! It is 2019. I visited several soybean...

University of Arkansas breeding program seeks input through survey

Arkansas growers are being asked their input on what qualities they’d like to see in soybeans bred by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. The survey is being conducted with support from the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. It ...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Aug. 16, 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 Aug....

Research: Glyphosate lowers dicamba tankmix pH below acceptable levels

A University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture study published in the Journal of Weed Technology found that mixing glyphosate with formulations of dicamba consistently lowered the pH of the spray solution below 5.0—a critical value according to the latest...

NASS: Arkansas soybean acres drop to lowest in more than 50 years

Arkansas’ soybean acreage has dropped to its lowest point since 1960, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service crops resurvey figures released Monday. When NASS released its June 30 acreage report, the organization said it would resurvey soybean and cotton...

Tips to manage corn earworms in soybeans

• By Scott Stewart • Despite a relatively lack luster moth flight, corn earworms (a.k.a. bollworm or soybean podworm) are showing up in some late maturing soybean fields, and as usual the action in centered in the river bottom. The...

USDA-NASS report predicts 19% decline in soybean production

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service released its August acreage report recently showing updated acreage from 14 states that were not finished planting during the agency’s initial report June 28. The weather-related delays affected soybean planting in...

Soybean harvest aid warning: Be careful out there

• By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Soybean growers applying harvest aids near rice should pay special attention to minimize drift, which can potentially cause significant rice yield reductions even late in the season, says Justin McCoy, a Mississippi State University graduate...

K-State confirms Palmer pigweed resistance to 2,4-D

A Kansas State University researcher reports the first-ever study confirming Palmer amaranth has developed resistance to the herbicide 2,4-D, findings that may signal an important step in developing future controls. Vipan Kumar, a weed scientist at the Agricultural Research Center...

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