Got bugs? There's an app for that. The University of Tennessee recently launched a Web-based field guide to aid in identifying soybean insect pests. The website performs like a smartphone app wherever you have cellular service and provides general information about...

The Arkansas Agriculture Hall of Fame will induct six new members at a ceremony, March 2, at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Little Rock. Once the new class is seated, the Hall of Fame will have 164 members. The most...

Nine Arkansas growers topped 100 bushels per acre in the 2017 Grow for the Green Soybean Yield Contest sponsored by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board and the Arkansas Soybean Association. The contest divided Arkansas soybean producers into eight groups, seven geographic...

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 Jan....

Kentucky growers set records in 2017 in the soybean yield contest hosted by the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Kentucky Soybean Board. Meredith Farms, owned by Philip and Lea Meredith in Henderson, produced the...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Velondis, a biological fungicide seed treatment that BASF initially will label for soybeans. A key part of the product is based on research conducted by the University of Delaware into a specific strain of...

The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Delaro fungicide, a premix of two products, from Bayer CropScience for use on soybeans and corn. It is registered in most states except for Utah, California and Alaska. The premix contains the active ingredients...

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 Dec....

If yields continue as they have been this season, Arkansas is set to break a state yield record. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service forecasts Arkansas’ soybean harvest will be 175 million bushels, up 20 percent from...

Now that the 2017 harvest is over, take time to reflect on what varieties performed well and what varieties just weren’t quite up to snuff on your operation. To help you with 2018 planning, a number of soybean...

A small investment up front in soil tests could potentially save users large amounts in fertility budgets the coming season. Other times, the tests can help them identify nutrient deficiencies that could cost them yield potential. Too often, farmers follow...

McMichen Farm of Centre in northeast Alabama became the first operation in the state to break the 100-bushel mark. They did so by cutting just more than 102 bushels per acre. The Cherokee County farm has been in the McMichen...

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 Nov....

The Missouri Department of Agriculture has established cut-off dates for application of Engenia dicamba herbicide for the 2018 cotton and soybean seasons. These are part of a Section 24(c) Special Local Needs label for the BASF herbicide. The state anticipates...

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 Nov....