⋅ BY OLIVIA McCLURE ⋅
LSU AgCenter
When drought conditions set in across Louisiana this summer, many farmers resorted to irrigation to try to save their crops. While it helped preserve yields and quality in some cases, the sharp uptick in...
• By Kenneth Gautreaux •
Andre Reis was born and raised in the big city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, but at 16, he decided he wanted to go to the countryside and study agriculture. His career path has taken him...
Selecting a soybean variety is one of the most important decisions a producer can make to have a successful crop.
To help Louisiana soybean producers select the most suitable variety, the Louisiana State University AgCenter conducts an official variety trial...
The LSU AgCenter is hosting a Winter Crop Meeting on Dec. 15 at the Scott Center on the Macon Ridge Research Station in Winnsboro, Louisiana. The goal is to give row crop producers information on strategies to diversify current...
With agricultural input costs on a rapid rise and the volatility of current commodity markets, farmers are having to tighten their belts to stay in the black.
To navigate the complicated economic nature of operating a profitable farming operation, the...
• By David Moseley •
One of the most important decisions a soybean producer makes every year is variety selection. The Louisiana State University AgCenter conducts an Official Variety Trial (OVT) and core-block demonstration plots to provide unbiased data to...
Cercospora leaf blight has been a bane to soybean farmers in the Mid-South region for more than two decades, costing the industry more than $250 million in the past five years alone. Now, thanks to a three-year, $324,988 research...
• By Daniel Stephenson, Donnie Miller, Sebe Brown and David Moseley •
Across the Louisiana, redbanded stink bug numbers are increasing as the growing season progresses. Louisiana State University AgCenter entomologists recommend the control of RBSB threshold populations until the...
Attendees of the LSU AgCenter’s recent Agronomic Crops School got in the field with scientists for some hands-on lessons in pest control, crop management practices, new technologies and more.
The event, held Aug. 5 at the AgCenter Dean Lee Research...
• By Rasel Parvej and David Moseley •
Nitrogen (N) is the most yield limiting nutrient for any row crop including soybean. Since soybean, like other legume crops, can fix atmospheric N symbiotically through Rhizobium bacteria (Bradyrhizobia japonicum), the crop...
• By Rasel Parvej, David Moseley, Brenda Tubana and Syam Dodla •
Potassium (K) deficiency can decrease more than 50% of soybean yields across soil types that range from sandy loam to clay loam. Potassium deficiency symptoms in soybeans first...
• By David Moseley and Md Rasel Parvej •
The progress of 2021 soybean planting season has been behind the five-year average from the beginning due to weekly heavy rains throughout the state. The optimum soybean planting window is suggested...
• By David Moseley •
The 2021 soybean planting season in Louisiana continues to be slow. There have been areas of successful early planting, but the majority of the prospective soybean acres have been delayed due to weekly heavy rains...
• By Kenneth Gautreaux •
When they can, Louisiana soybean farmers have been busy planting as many acres as the weather allows. Unfortunately, many producers have not been able to get in their fields as often as they would like.
According...
• By Michael Deliberto •
The economic impact on direct farm-level production costs from replanting soybeans can result in an increase in the number of bushels that will be required to offset the incurred production expenses associated with replanting field...
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