By Carroll Smith
We don’t have a lot of options in cotton and soybeans for managing glyphosate-resistant weeds, but we do have several good pre-emerge and post-emerge herbicide options in corn,” says Bill Williams, LSU AgCenter state weed specialist.
Williams adds...
Carryover Adjustments
The March 11, 2009, USDA World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report projects increasing U.S. wheat carryover and somewhat lower ending stocks expected for corn and soybeans. World grain supplies continue to increase.
Expected corn use for ethanol...
Attention to details can help reduce the incidence of aflatoxin and fumonisins
By Stephen R. Koenning, Bruce A. Fortnum and Pawel Wiatrak
Toxic metabolic by-products of fungi, known as mycotoxins, have received considerable attention during the past several years. Aflatoxin, produced...
Irrigation timing and frequency impact yields
and operating costs.
By Kerry Harrison and Dewey Lee
Irrigation requires a relatively high investment in equipment, fuel, maintenance and labor, but offers a significant potential for increasing net farm income. Frequency and timing of water...
