Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchison has sided with two Arkansas Plant Board recommendations that prohibit the sale and use of dicamba herbicide on Xtend crops as well as increase fines for illegal use of the herbicide. The emergency rules would...
In a special meeting June 23, the Arkansas State Plant Board passed an emergency rule on a 9-5 vote that would ban the use of in-season dicamba on row crops. At the same time, the board wants to speed...
Due to a "procedural error" yesterday (June 20), the Arkansas Plant Board's vote on an emergency prohibition of dicamba applications in that state has been rendered invalid.
The board will take up the matter again at a special meeting, 10.m.,...
Dicamba drift complaints are up sharply this year compared to 2016 in Arkansas, with 117 having already been logged with the Arkansas State Plant Board as of June 19.
Jason Bond, a weed Extension specialist at Mississippi State University, also...
Ask most Mid-South and Southern soybean growers what their most troublesome weed is, and they'll say Palmer pigweed—also known as Palmer amaranth. Not only is the weed inherently difficult to control because of its prolific seed production, but now...
It should come as no surprise that Palmer amaranth ranks as the most troublesome and difficult-to-control weed in 12 categories of broadleaf crops, fruits and vegetables, according to a survey conducted by the Weed Science Society of America. The most...
The use of cover crops in corn, cotton and soybean production systems has become more popular in recent years, in part for its ability to reduce weed coverage.
The non-profit Plant Management Network has released an online presentation titled, "A...
BASF Corp. officials cut the ribbon today on the recently completed $270 million expansion of the company's Beaumont, Texas, dicamba manufacturing plant.
The three-year project was the largest investment in the history of the BASF crop protection unit, Debbie Dalley,...
The Environmental Protection Agency recently approved several new tankmix partners for Engenia and XtendiMax with VaporGrip technology, two dicamba herbicides from BASF and Monsanto, respectively.
Some states may have further restrictions, so check before proceeding.
Among the tankmix parnters for...
Rotate control methods and crops to slow development of PPO resistance in Palmer amaranth.
By Vicky Boyd
Editor
Although two new herbicide-tolerant crop technologies have recently hit the market and a few others are in the pipeline, weed experts say growers should still practice integrated weed management to slow...
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Muthu Bagavathiannan, an assistant professor of weed science and agronomy with Texas A&M AgriLife Research, will hold a free Web seminar...
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