• By Daniel Stephenson •
Managing weeds in corn can be divided into three phases: preplant, in-crop and post-harvest, but I’ll save the post-harvest phase until later in the year.
Preplant is otherwise known as burndown. We suggested applying a burndown...
Insect-killing nematodes that are safe for plants but deadly to corn rootworm larvae will be the topic of a one-hour Zoom meeting starting at 9:30 a.m. CST Feb. 18 and hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Those planning...
Producers in the Hutchinson County area will have a unique opportunity to attend a limited-seating Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrient Management Hands-On Lab Series hosted by the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service Feb. 16, March 2 and March 4.
The...
The North Carolina Official Variety Testing program recently held a virtual webinar to introduce the new Variety Selection Tool for wheat, corn and soybeans.
Included in the webinar was training on how to use the analytics feature in the new...
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Entomology has been conducting a joint research project with Dr. Elson Shields from Cornell University for the past four years. They have shown that persistent, insect-killing nematodes (that are harmless to plants) have the ability...
Experimentation paid off for Arkansas producers who competed in the “Most Crop Per Drop” contest — in knowledge gained about irrigation management and in cash prizes for the top winners.
Contest winners were announced recently during the 34th annual Arkansas...
Arkansas crop producers who want to get better control of their water use during the 2021 growing season will have several opportunities through a two-day soil health school.
The Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division...
Cotton, corn, soybeans, wheat — these row crops make up the bulk of row-crop agriculture across Tennessee, and a new certification from University of Tennessee Extension is now available for row-0crop producers.
The Tennessee Master Row Crop certification program, which...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
Despite a year dominated by major weather systems run amuck and a global pandemic, most of Arkansas’ major crops came out ahead in 2020, according to a Jan. 12 report from the U.S. Department of...
Researchers from the Mississippi State University Extension Service are looking to collect row-crop farmers’ feedback on stress related to farming.
The focus group sessions are part of the MSU Extension opioid prevention campaign PReventing Opioid Misuse In the SouthEast, or...
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be holding the 59th annual Blackland Income Growth, BIG, conference on Jan. 5, 2021, online.
The event is free and will run from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Participants must register online and will then...
University of Missouri Extension field crop entomologist Kevin Rice says Missouri soybean and corn growers should be on the lookout for growing populations of yield-robbing insects in 2021.
Japanese beetles
Continue scouting for Japanese beetles, Missouri’s No. 1 soybean pest, Rice...
• By Ryan McGeeney •
As with many of the state’s commodities, Arkansas corn, wheat and other feed grains took 2020 on the chin.
Arkansas corn saw a significant drop off in acreage, falling from growers’ stated planting intentions of 800,000...
Helm Agro US Inc. has received federal registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Katagon, an HPPD premix herbicide for psotemergence use in field corn.
It contains two modes of action — tolpyralate and nicosulfuron — with the added...
Climate change will affect many agricultural crops, and field corn is likely no exception.
Field corn, the starchy cousin of sweet corn, is a globally important cereal grain used in livestock feed and other products. And it has an Achilles...
