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Second Arkansas Soybean College set for Aug. 8
The Soybean College will be limited to 130 participants because organizers want fairly small groups at each of the stops.The second Arkansas Soybean College is set for Aug. 8 at the Newport Research...
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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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Second Arkansas Soybean College set for Aug. 8
The Soybean College will be limited to 130 participants because organizers want fairly small groups at each of the stops.The second Arkansas Soybean College is set for Aug. 8 at the Newport Research...
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Southern rust arrives in cornfields
Slideshow: Photos help identify southern rust and avoid confusion with look-alikes.The University of Missouri Plant Diagnostic Clinic confirmed that southern rust was present in a sample collected from...
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Tim White: Louisiana consultant/cotton farmer
Farmers in several of the parishes in east central Louisiana have a valuable resource in veteran consultant Tim White.If a farmer has a crop consultant he trusts, it can be almost as valuable as a...
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Old peanut fungicides deserve a second look
Peanut fungicide selection is more complicated today.The heart of the peanut disease season lies in the heat and humidity of August. Though the sparks that flare leaf spot, white mold and damage from...
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2018 Rohwer Field Day: Soybean taproot decline; ag drones
Soybean taproot decline mystery unraveled by plant pathologists in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi.Superb sleuthing among plant pathologists in three Mid-South states helped track down the culprit...
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Here’s how to identify cotton diseases
Several cotton diseases may exhibit similar symptomsLooks can be deceiving.Take target spot in cotton, for instance. Distinctive symptoms include irregular concentric lesions. That might not be...
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Arkansas corn grower Scott Young manages risks with DEKALB Disease Shield
Scott Young has always understood how to take advantage of available protection, whether he was on the football field or growing a healthy, high-yielding corn crop. DEKALB Disease Shield products...
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Brothers take ‘no holds barred’ approach to pigweeds in soybeans
Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth has been relatively late arriving in Louisiana. Until recently, farmers in the state haven’t seen problems with the fast-growing weed that can produce 500,000 seeds...
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Who owns abandoned or lost property?
Country Counsel: How the law applies depends heavily upon the facts. We have all been driving down the road and have seen an item set out at the end of the driveway. Obviously, the homeowner no longer...
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History behind CCA program
Ask A CCA: Program has had 25 years of success in Ohio. By Harold WattersSeveral years ago there was a group of us waiting for the proctors to give the go-ahead to open a test booklet. Many of us had...
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Biodiesel proponents question Commerce Department decision
3 orgs ask Trump for 'comprehensive' review of U.S. trade duties on Argentine biodiesel companies. The National Biodiesel Board, the American Soybean Association and the National Renderers Association...
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Company founded on applying manure with precision
Slideshow: M&W Farm Supply hauls about 550 tons of manure out of poultry barns every day. Sometimes it’s easy to spot fields where solid manure has just been spread because of the uneven chunks...
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