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 …
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Survey of 2019 Mississippi backwater flood helps reveal 2020 losses
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 …
Read More »Mississippi growers enjoy a break from wet weather
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 …
Read More »MU professor nabs grants for waterlogging, SCN research
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 …
Read More »Tropical Storm Barry likely brought more than rain to Arkansas
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 …
Read More »Weed control a challenge during this ‘crazy’ growing season
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 …
Read More »Corn and soybean survival after flooding
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 …
Read More »South Delta farmers wait for flood waters to recede
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. …
Read More »Continuing rains string along soybean, cotton harvest
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
Read More »Soybean considerations following Hurricane Florence
• 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 …
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