“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.” Crop farmers should take this adage to heart when marketing their grain, advised University of Missouri Extension agricultural economist Martyn Foreman.
“If you haven’t already developed a post-harvest grain marketing...
Justin S. Calhoun starts Sept. 1 as a University of Missouri Extension state specialist in soils and cropping systems. He will be based at the Fisher Delta Research Center in southeastern Missouri near Portageville.
Calhoun will also be an assistant...
Three years of research in the “MU Certified” Strip Trial Program shows that applying fungicides to soybean at the R3 growth stage reduces foliar disease and increases yield.
University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette said the results come...
The American Soybean Association recently recognized Dr. Pengyin Chen from Sikeston, Missouri, with its Pinnacle Award during an awards ceremony broadcast.
The ASA Pinnacle Award is an industry-wide recognition of individuals who have demonstrated the highest level of contribution and...
University of Missouri Extension field crop entomologist Kevin Rice says Missouri soybean and corn growers should be on the lookout for growing populations of yield-robbing insects in 2021.
Soybean gall midge
MU Extension found soybean gall midge in two northwestern Missouri...
A flurry of calls and emails from homeowners about the brown marmorated stink bug to University of Missouri Extension specialists sounds a warning of what is to come in in the next two years.
MU Extension field crop entomologist Kevin...
University of Missouri Extension agronomists reported during their weekly teleconference that sudden death syndrome is showing up in soybean fields across the state.
MU Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette says she is not surprised that the yield-robbing disease has reared...
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 United States Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food...
Most soybean and corn likely will yield less than normal this year due to late planting and unfavorable weather during critical grain-fill periods, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill Wiebold.
According to a Sept. 4 U.S. Department of...
Farmers considering “prevent plant” crop insurance payments face decisions on what to do with unplanted fields, says Rob Myers, a University of Missouri Extension agronomist.
Many farmers will file for “prevent plant” crop insurance payments this year after record-setting May...
Despite a summer drought and wet harvest conditions, Missouri soybean farmers brought big yields for the Missouri Soybean Association’s annual soybean yield contest
Results from contest are now finalized with the highest yields topping 90 bushels per acre. This compares...
Mother Nature has much to say about soybean yield and grain quality almost every year, says University of Missouri Extension soybean specialist Bill Wiebold. This year was no exception.
Several important soybean-growing regions in Missouri experienced severe drought this year....
A great crowd gathered for the 57th Fisher Delta Research Center field day, which focused on “Guiding the Future of Delta Agriculture.”
Attendees packed the tour wagons to hear presentations on the soybean, cotton and rice research.
“Our researchers work tirelessly...
A group of scientists recently reported a population of waterhemp in Missouri resistant to a record-breaking six herbicide modes of action.
Their findings were recently published in the Weed Science Society of America's journal, Weed Science. The authors included Lovreet...
The Missouri Department of Agriculture has changed the 24(c) special local need labels for FexaPan, XtendiMax and Engenia dicamba herbicide formuatlions.
The new cutoff date for Dunklin, Pemiscot, New Madrid, Stoddard, Scott, Mississippi, Butler, Ripley, Bollinger and Cape Girardeau counties...
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