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....

Walnut Creek, California-based Valent U.S.A. has launched Aveo EZ Nematicide, a seed protectant that reduces nematode reproduction. The biological product contains a highly concentrated formulation of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain PTA-4838. The beneficial soil microorganism colonizes the roots of soybean plants. It...

Clemson University soybean breeders have released a new soybean variety that extends the planting season and growing regions. Named Agustina, the cultivar was developed and released by soybean breeders Benjamin Fallen and Emerson Shipe at the university’s Pee Dee Research...

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....

Farmers are urged to complete the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 2017 Census of Agriculture, which should be arriving in their mailboxes in December. The census can be returned by mail or securely submitted online. University of Missouri Extension economist Ryan Milhollin...

BASF has launched an SC formulation of its previously registered herbicide, Zidua, for use in  corn, cotton, peanuts, soybeans, sunflowers and wheat. The liquid SC, or suspension concentration, formulation provides one of the lowest use rates of any Group 15 herbicide,...

The Louisiana Agriculture Hall of Distinction is accepting nominations for its induction ceremony, which will be held March 22, 2018, at the L’Auberge Hotel in Baton Rouge. Deadline for the nominations is Nov. 20. A joint effort of the LSU AgCenter,...

Monsanto Co. filed suit Oct. 20 in Pulasky County Circuit Court seeking to block the Arkansas State Plant Board from prohibiting use of dicamba herbicides next summer. The latest salvo comes after the Plant Board at its Sept. 21 meeting...