By Blake Wilson and Sebe Brown Populations of pest insects are often influenced by factors at play well before crops are planted. Winter mortality is a key regulator of spring …
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Targeted, environmentally friendly approach enlists beneficial organism to control corn earworm in soybeans. • By Vicky Boyd, Editor • Monty Bohanan, who farms with his brother, Derek, near Stuttgart, Arkansas, likes …
Read More »Year of extremes took a toll on Arkansas soybeans and rice
A year of weather extremes — from a hard-frozen winter to a summer of drought to seemingly endless rains in the fall — took its toll on both rice and …
Read More »EPA registers new BASF insecticide
The Environmental Protection Agency has registered Inscalis insecticide from BASF to control piercing-sucking insect pests in a number of row and specialty crops, including soybeans. State registrations are pending.
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