• By Ryan McGeeney • If there’s one thing Arkansas soybean growers can say when no one else can, it might be this: 2020 has been a pretty good year. …
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Louisiana’s soybean season was one for the history books
• By David Moseley, Daniel Stephenson, Sebe Brown, Boyd Padgett, Trey Price and Michael Deliberto • The 2020 soybean season has been one for the history books. In March, the …
Read More »Mississippi growers race to harvest beans ahead of Hurricane Delta
Soybean growers in the Mississippi Delta are hustling to beat Hurricane Delta. Row crop producers across the state are joining in the scramble to harvest as many of their crops …
Read More »Rain from Tropical Storm Beta further bogs down Arkansas harvest
• By Ryan McGeeney • In the month that followed the high winds and rain that Tropical Storm Laura swept into Arkansas as the corn and rice harvests were set …
Read More »Hurricane Laura damages some Louisiana soybeans, other row crops
Most Louisiana soybean fields are in decent shape following Hurricane Laura, but there are pockets of serious damage in areas that received strong winds and rain. “Statewide, the crop fared …
Read More »Laura’s wicked winds twist soybeans, flatten rice in Arkansas
• By Mary Hightower • Bryce Baldridge, a Lawrence County Extension staff chair for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, heard the warnings Thursday night. “They said a …
Read More »Hurricane Laura may affect early Arkansas harvest efforts
• By Ryan McGeeney • High winds and heavy rainfall from what forecasters expect will be a major hurricane — Hurricane Laura — will likely sweep through most of Arkansas …
Read More »Soybean growth stages, conditions vary across Mississippi
The process of planting this year’s soybean crop in Mississippi has been anything but normal. The only consistent variable has been rain and a lot of it — from an …
Read More »Hurricane Michael deals heavy blow to Alabama agriculture
Hurricane Michael caused almost $204 million in agricultural damage alone as it moved across Alabama. Alabama Cooperative Extension System Director Gary Lemme called
Read More »Rains dampen otherwise optimistic outlook for Louisiana soybeans
With more than half the Louisiana soybean crop harvested, many farmers are looking at a good year, according to LSU AgCenter soybean specialist Todd Spivey. “About 60 percent
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