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University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, April 7, 2017

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 April...

USDA predicts record soybean plantings in 2017

The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that growers nationwide will plant a record 89.5 million acres of soybeans, up 7 percent from 2016, according to its March 31 prospective plantings report. The report is based on surveys the USDA conducted in...

FMC to acquire part of DuPont’s pest control portfolio

As part of its planned merger with Dow, DuPont has entered into an agreement with FMC to divest part of its agricultural business. In return, DuPont plans to acquire FMC's health and nutrition business. The divestiture will satisfy DuPont's commitments to...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 24, 2017

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 March...

BASF cuts ribbon on Beaumont, Texas, dicamba plant expansion

BASF Corp. officials cut the ribbon today on the recently completed $270 million expansion of the company's Beaumont, Texas, dicamba manufacturing plant. The three-year project was the largest investment in the history of the BASF crop protection unit, Debbie Dalley,...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 17, 2017

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 March...

UGA’s aggressive education program pays off with reduced drift

A two-year effort by the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension that involved aggressive education has paid off with a 65 percent reduction in complaints about off-target pesticide applications. “No grower wants (their pesticides to) drift," UGA Extension weed specialist Stanley...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 10, 2017

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 March...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, March 3, 2017

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 March...

EPA OKs several herbicide tankmix partners for Engenia, XtendiMax

The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved several new tankmix partners for Engenia and XtendiMax with VaporGrip technology, two dicamba herbicides from BASF and Monsanto, respectively. Some states may have further restrictions, so check before proceeding. Among the tankmix parnters for...

University of Arkansas launches herbicide injury image database

The University of Arkansas has launched an herbicide injury image database, https://plants.uaex.edu/herbicide/default.aspx, to help users identify potential off-site movement of several herbicides. Users can search from among several drop-down menus: herbicide group, herbicide, plants, and plant/herbicide. The images are designed to represent expected...

Mix it up

Rotate control methods and crops to slow development of PPO resistance in Palmer amaranth. By Vicky Boyd Editor Although two new herbicide-tolerant crop technologies have recently hit the market and a few others are in the pipeline, weed experts say growers should still practice integrated weed management to slow...

University of Arkansas Soybean Economic Notes, Feb. 24, 2017

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 Feb....

EPA adds nozzles to labels of dicamba, 2,4-D herbicides

The Environmental Protection Agency has added 20 more nozzles to those approved for use with XtendiMax dicamba herbicide, bringing the total to 21.

EPA registers DuPont dicamba herbicide for use on Xtend beans

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