• By Angela McClure •
During 2020, University of Tennessee Extension helped coordinate the second annual "Top Bean" state soybean yield contest. This contest was sponsored by the Tennessee Soybean Checkoff and was open to any producer in Tennessee or...
By Larry Steckel and Tom Mueller •
As most know, the Environmental Protection Agency approved a new five-year registration for Engenia, Tavium and XtendiMax to be used in Xtend cotton and soybean. The new registration has some new labeled directions...
Results from the 2020 Tennessee soybean variety trials, conducted by the University of Tennessee, have been finalized and are now available.
UT AgResearch & Education Center Tests: All soybean variety trials were conducted in each of the physiographic regions of...
• By Larry Steckel •
Some have been concerned about losing dicamba due to court or Environmental Protection Agency rulings. Everyone should be more concerned about losing dicamba and 2,4-D to Charles Darwin’s theory.
Weeds developing herbicide resistance has caused the...
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...
• By Larry Steckel •
Has Palmer amaranth evolved dicamba resistance in Tennessee? Results from some of the greenhouse experiments this winter and spring as well as in field research this growing season would suggest that our state now has...
The Tennessee Soybean Association and Promotion Board will once again sponsor the "Top Bean" soybean yield contest in 2020. Growers are encouraged to work with their local county Extension agent to enter their best irrigated and dryland fields and...
• By Larry Steckel and Clay Perkins •
The results of some University of Tennessee Extension studies to determine why junglerice has become a major weed pest in Tennessee Xtend cotton and soybean acres have provided some insights. This research...
In a profession where the average age is 58, you might call Jay Yeargin of Greenfield, Tennessee, an upstart. Yet, this 37-year-old has been farming for more than 16 years and is well known in the agricultural community.
This year...
The University of Tennessee Extension, in collaboration with the Tennessee Soybean Promotion Council, held the "Top Bean" yield contest in 2019.
Dry, hot weather in September and excess rains in October and November created some yield challenges for soybean producers...
• By Larry Steckel •
There have been a good number of calls on sketchy Palmer amaranth control with a 12.8 oz/A of Engenia or 22 ozs/A of XtendiMax mixed with a quart/A of Roundup PowerMax. I visited a number...
• By Larry Steckel •
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin requiring anybody who purchases, mixes or applies a paraquat-containing herbicide to take the “How to Safely Use and Handle Paraquat-Containing Products” online training module.
It is expected the training will...
• By Larry Steckel •
Clethodim is quickly replacing glyphosate as the “go-to” herbicide for grass control in West Tennessee. It began a few years ago as folks found that ryegrass and poa in many fields could no longer be controlled...
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 to joke that the biological worm control they tried on soybeans in...
• By Angela McClure •
Most farmers had their fair share of seed quality issues during fall 2018, including many seed bean producers. The commercial seed supply is expected to be affected some by weathering at harvest, with severity depending on...
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