Friday, February 13, 2026

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LDAF offers update on mystery seed shipments

Nearly two months after the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry first reported that Louisiana residents received unsolicited packages of seeds originating from China, there is an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. “According to our contacts at the...

Caution urged after mystery seed mailings

State agriculture officials are warning residents to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them. Reports have surfaced from South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Ohio, to name a few. The South Carolina Department of...

Mississippi’s soybean crop off to a slow start

At about 2.2 million acres, soybeans are easily Mississippi’s biggest row crop with a flexible planting window that puts them in the clean-up position when farmers cannot plant other crops on time. Trent Irby, soybean specialist with the Mississippi State...

DowDuPont’s Corteva pares corn and soybean brand offerings

Corteva Agriculture has launched a multi-channel, multi-brand seed strategy for the United States. The new agricultural arm of DowDuPont will have five regional corn and seed brands, including Dairyland Seed, Hoegemeyer, NuTech, Seed Consultants and Terral, according to a news...

Direct-to-grower seed retailer launched

The newly formed Local Seed Co. says it plans to offer direct-to-grower seeds delivered to the farm beginning with the 2018 season. Local Seed Co. is the result of majority investments in Dulaney Seed, based in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and T.A. Seeds,...

Arysta introduces new seed treatment

Cary, N.C.-based Arysta LifeSciences has introduced Rancona V 100 Pro seed treatment for soybeans. It contains the active ingredients ipconazole for control of Fusarium, Rhizoctonia, smuts, bunts and seed rots, as well as carboxin, which stimulates early seedling vigor and...

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