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Alabama
Alabama: Producers Plan for 2021 with 2020 Cotton Pest Recap
Life in 2020 was dominated by COVID-19, however, the work continued for cotton producers. While the Alabama cotton industry had an unusual weather season, no one cotton pest dominated the […]
Arkansas
Arkansas Winter Wheat Acres Highest in Four Years
Arkansas producers planted about 180,000 acres of winter wheat in the fall of 2020, according to a report released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The acreage is the […]
California
California Almonds: Fungicides and Bloom – Plan Your Work, Work Your Plan
Planning your fungicide program has multiple benefits, and now is a good time to start doing so. Time can be taken to identify fungicides and respective modes of action to […]
Georgia
Georgia Pecans: Upcoming Virtual County Production Meetings
As a result of COVID, we will be forced to hold virtual rather than in-person county pecan production meetings this year. I know this comes as a disappointment to many […]
Illinois
Illinois: All the Changes for 2021 Dicamba Applications in Soybean
In late October 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) announced new five-year registrations for the dicamba-containing products XtendiMax, Engenia and Tavium. These labels include new and/or additional […]
Indiana
Indiana Soybeans: Free Frogeye Leaf Spot Sampling Offered
Frogeye leaf spot (FLS) is becoming a serious threat to soybean production in Indiana and surrounding states. Traditionally a southern disease, it can cause yield loss up to 60%. In […]
Louisiana
Louisiana Master Farmer Program Graduates 2020 Class
The Louisiana Master Farmer Program, an LSU AgCenter-led initiative that teaches about conservation, recently graduated its 2020 class. Five new Master Farmer certifications as well as 14 recertifications were awarded […]
Minnesota
Minnesota: Reducing Bt-Trait Acres in 2021 Corn Production? Implications for European Corn Borer
The recent economics of corn production have challenged many farmers to minimize production costs. Hybrid selection is one way to reduce costs. Planting corn hybrids without Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) proteins […]
Mississippi
Mississippi: Long Battle Over Yazoo Pumps Enters New Phase – DTN
Farmers in Mississippi are hoping moves by EPA to advance a pumping project off the Yazoo and Mississippi rivers will mitigate repeated flooding that has affected the area over the […]
Nebraska
Nebraska Soybeans: Gall Midge Control – Successful And Unsuccessful Approaches – Video
With a new pest infecting Nebraska soybeans, specialists at the University of Nebraska have been working to understand the best methods for protecting crops. Through research of many methods of […]
North Carolina
North Carolina Corn: 5-Minute Field Day on Side-Dressing – Video
Side-dressing equipment and technology is emerging to help farmers improve yield. But is it worth the investment in time and equipment? A team of field crop agents from across the […]
Oklahoma
Oklahoma: Time to Topdress Wheat
Usually, the alarm for beginning wheat nitrogen (N) topdressing gets sounded right away in early January. A significant portion of the Oklahoma wheat belt has received a good amount of […]
Texas
Texas: Mills County Designated Natural Disaster Area to Drought
Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue designated Mills County, Texas, as a primary natural disaster area. Producers who suffered losses due to recent drought may be eligible for U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
