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Arkansas soybean breeder honored Pengyin Chen, professor of crop, soil and environmental sciences and soybean breeder for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, has been named a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy. The award will be...

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New residual herbicide available Fierce herbicide, the newest residual from Valent U.S.A. Corporation, received registration for corn last year and is now available to soybean growers for the longest-lasting, broadest spectrum control of broadleaves and grasses, including species that are...

SPECIAL REPORT – Industry Spotlight

Leadership, education and research all have been recognized recently within the Southern soybean states via an endowed chair at MSU and a new president of SSDW. A Mississippi Soybean Promotion Board (MSPB) investment in the Edgar E. Hartwig Endowed Chair...

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Siebert accepts Southern position SiebertDow AgroSciences has named Jonathan Siebert as an Enlist field specialist in the Mid-South and Texas. Siebert has extensive experience in weed science, agronomics, cotton and sensitivecrop research. Regulatory approvals for the Enlist system are pending...

From the Editor – The World Is Hungry. Please Don’t Dawdle.

By Carroll Smith Editor When it comes to the 2012 Farm Bill, everyone involved in U.S. agriculture agrees that Congress needs to get it right, but, just as importantly, get ‘er done – on time, that is. The American Soybean Association (ASA)...

From the Editor – FFA: U.S. Agriculture’s Bright Future

By Carroll Smith Editor In 1928, 84 years ago, a national organization was founded by a group of young farmers that would have a profound influence on American agriculture – Future Farmers of America (FFA). Thirtythree young men came together at...

First-Time Oklahoma Soybean Farmer Finds 5-Bean Pod

When first-time soybean farmer Lonnie Ingram of Braman, Okla., walked into his field of Asgrow Genuity Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans, he was surprised with what he found: a five-bean pod. “I walked into the field to see if...

Market Analyst Asks, ‘More Of The Same?’

By Carroll Smith Editor Melvin Brees, the market/policy Extension associate, FAPRI, University of Missouri, writes an insightful grain column each month titled “Decisive Marketing.” Highlights from this column are typically featured each time we publish Soybean South and Corn South. In order...

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