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In a normal year, Clay Adcock grows 4,000 acres of corn, cotton and soybeans near Holly Bluff, Mississippi. But 2019 was anything but normal. “All of my farmland was completely …

A sharper focus on the economic impact of the lower Delta backwater flood of 2019 helps predict the implications of continued flooding this year. Mississippi State University Extension Service researchers …

The beginning of May brought a welcome sight for Mississippi producers: sunny skies and drying fields. For the second straight year, precipitation levels well above normal in the winter and …

A distinguished professor in University of Missouri’s Division of Plant Sciences, Henry Nguyen’s longstanding research focus is related to abiotic stress tolerance and disease resistance in plants, primarily soybeans. Two …

The slow-rolling bête noir that was Barry was best summed up in a tweet by Stephen Hoskyn, who farms near Stuttgart, Arkanss: “Tropical Storm Barry is like that friend that …

A late planting season and a spring of wild weather has Arkansas cropland under multiple threats. Among the biggest concerns is the inevitable arrival of problem weeds and how best …

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 …

Near a bridge that connects Issaquena and Sharkey counties, Waye Windham leaned toward the side of his boat and dipped a paddle down into flood water to gauge its depth. …

Heavy rains covering much of Arkansas, beginning late last week and continuing through the weekend, have further slowed harvest for both cotton and soybeans. And weather

• By Dr. Rachel Vann, Assistant Professor and Extension Soybean Specialist, Crop & Soil Sciences, North Carolina State University • Hurricane Florence has caused catastrophic damage across parts of North …