• 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...
• By Scott Stewart •
As corn harvest begins and we start finishing off the cotton crop, it’s hard to find time to keep up the good fight on soybean insect management. But make no mistake — late August through...
• By Heather Marie Kelly •
With all the counties in Alabama with soybean rust present, many Middle Tennessee later-planted soybean fields will most likely benefit from a fungicide application for yield protection.
Dr. Ed Sikora, Extension plant pathologist at Auburn...
• By Scott Stewart •
Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around Aug. 5 through 10. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) poses a significant threat to cotton and soybeans, and particularly...
• 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...
An entomologist well known to row crop producers throughout the South, Scott D. Stewart has been named the director of the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Stewart, who currently serves in Jackson as a University of...
• By Larry Steckel •
Calls continue from some folks frustrated with goosegrass, junglerice and Palmer amaranth escapes after a dicamba + glyphosate application. A large reason for the frustration is the follow-up applications have often provided less control than...
• By Lindsey Thiessen •
Early planting conditions for soybeans were cool and wet, which has lead to numerous reports of stand loss to damping off pathogens. Farmers who have not yet planted soybeans should also be mindful of the...
• By Clay Perkins •
Questions continue to be asked on how to best manage junglerice, barnyardgrass and goosegrass in cotton and soybean.
Research earlier this spring looking at grass control after an initial glyphosate + dicamba application showed that if...
Because of restrictions due to the COVID-19 situation, the University of Tennessee Soybean Scout School will be offered by Zoom from 9-11:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 8.
The Zoom link is provided below. However, a password is required. Please contact LaDonn...
• By Larry Steckel •
As most know by now, on June 3 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated the labels for XtendiMax, FeXapan and Engenia. The question now is how do we proceed from here...
COVID-19 has changed how the world is doing business and presenting education, and the Milan No-Till Crop Production Field Day is no exception. The 2020 event will be hosted entirely online beginning July 23, and registration is now open.
Presented...
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...
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