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Peanut farmers plan more acres, some pushing rotation to supply market
Southeast peanut growers plan to plant more acres than last year in an effort to supply a market that wants more peanuts.Southeast peanut growers plan to plant more acres than last year in an effort to...
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Keeping soil covered key to moisture conservation: Part III
Cover crops can help reduce the need for supplemental irrigation in the Rain Belt states, USDA NRCS scientists say.When some farmers in other parts of the country learn the Mid-South states receive 50...
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Louisiana wheat acres in deep valley due to pestilence, prices
The LSU AgCenter's Steve Harrison says wheat growers are facing some of the most difficult conditions ever as they try to hang on to the crop.If it wasn’t for bad luck, wheat farmers in Louisiana –...
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Warm winter temperatures adding to woes of Louisiana wheat farmers
Growers need to find resistant varieties, prepare to spray to combat surge in wheat diseases.Dr. Boyd Padgett is doing double duty these days as director of the LSU AgCenter’s Central Region office in...
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Growers need answers to scab dilemma, yield losses
LSU AgCenter researchers looking to combination of resistant varieties, new fungicides to help combat diseases.LSU AgCenter plant pathologists and wheat breeders are looking for new wheat varieties...
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Scab answers needed to restore wheat as cash crop
Louisiana State University Extension specialists searching for answers for scab dilemma in state's remaining wheat acres.Soft red winter wheat has been a good crop for Mid-South producers. Although it...
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Louisiana rice farmers should scout fields amid rainy summer weather
Recent wet weather has been conducive to disease problems in Louisiana rice.Recent wet weather has been conducive to disease problems in Louisiana rice, and frequent rains are hampering plants’...
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Howler fungicide gains federal registration for specialty crop use
AgBiome announced Aug. 22 that the company’s Howler fungicide has received registration from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.Howler is AgBiome’s first developed and marketed biological...
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New corn hybrids may help reduce disease risk in no-till
The outcome of the trial is important to the Dixons because they grow continuous no-till corn — two years of corn followed by a year of soybeans.All season long, Kyle Dixon had been looking forward to...
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Crop diseases rode storms and wet weather into Mid-South
2017 was host to an assortment of diseases in Mid-South corn, cotton and soybeans. Weather was favorable for an assortment of diseases in Mid-South corn, cotton, and soybeans in 2017. Culprits included...
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Breakthrough allows wheat stem rust samples to be quickly analyzed
Scientific breakthrough has potential to save crops.In a world first, science has leaped a step ahead of an old foe that has recently re-emerged in some parts of the world, where it has devastated...
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Peanut collapse: Something happened but it’s not clear exactly why
In December, peanut specialists met to discuss an unprecedented collapse of the peanut crop across large areas of Florida in 2017.At a recent meeting, Extension specialists from across the Southeast...
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Cotton industry scientists keeping tabs on FOV4
Race 4 Fusarium cotton fungal disease spreadingMost Mid-South farmers have never heard of nor had to worry about Race 4 Fusarium (FOV4) – yet. It is a fungal disease of cotton that spreads through seed...
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How to get your cotton crop off to the best start possible
Independent crop consultants offer suggestions to help cotton growers get a good start on the 2018 crop.You’ve heard it so often, it’s a mantra: Start clean! For Arkansas consultant Bob Griffin, that...
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New mobile app helps corn farmers identify ear rot, mycotoxins
Mycotoxins like aflatoxin can cause huge economic losses for corn producers.“Mycotoxins,” a mobile app developed by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, can help corn growers spot...
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Cotton blue disease – aphid-transmitted virus
Cotton blue disease symptoms include mosaic cupping and thickening of the dark blue/green leaves, yellowed leaf veins, and dwarfing of the plant.A virus that is previously known to be vectored by...
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Some diseases visible in Tennessee wheat
Diseases include stripe rust, leaf rust, and head scab (fusarium head blight).Walking field fields in Tennessee, one might find some diseases including stripe rust, leaf rust, and head scab (fusarium...
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Arkansas row crop helpline now available
Row crop specialists to post audio reports for growers and consultants. Alerts by text messages.With the help of our IT staff, Arkansas Extension now has a system in place for row crop specialists to...
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Hot, dry conditions reduce plant disease pressure in Louisiana
One upside to recent dry conditions in Louisiana is farmers are experiencing the least amount of disease pressure they’ve witnessed in years.Louisiana farmers may be stressing a bit over drought...
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Drought conditions limiting disease pressure in Louisiana row crops
Drought has hampered crop growth for many Louisiana farmers but the upside is less disease pressure.Louisiana farmers got a little rain in mid-June but may still be concerned about drought conditions,...
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