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Dicamba: Herbicide Injury Complaints Again on the Rise – DTN Jul 22, 2021
Tempers are running hot this year, as dicamba injury surfaces for a fifth year and EPA seeks to evaluate the success of the 2020 dicamba labels.
Seed Treatments: Are They Really Necessary? Jul 16, 2021
We live in a time of fake news; coverage designed to mislead and advocate one viewpoint. No, I don’t need any scientific citations to back this claim up; we all […]
Soybeans: Scout for Aphids but Let Predators Do Their Thing – DTN Jul 2, 2021
The April-planted soybean field Chris DiFonzo scouted last week in Michigan was teeming with tiny green soybean aphids. The Michigan State entomologist counted an average of 400 to 500 aphids […]
Farmer Reports: Moisture Divide Deepens Between “Haves” and “Have Nots” – DTN Jun 26, 2021
If you ever needed evidence that life isn’t fair, the radar maps from the storm systems that have moved across the country this past week should suffice. For some, the […]
Corn, Soybeans: Drought Effects on Yields – DTN Jun 22, 2021
Parts of the Northern Plains and Midwest landscape have been full of spiky, rolled corn leaves and wilted, silvery soybean leaves recently, as early summer heat and drought stress has […]
Corn: Possible Causes for Seeing Stripes in Your Crops – DTN Jun 16, 2021
Fashions come and go, but really, stripes have never suited corn plants well. Those unattractive yellow-white streaks on a corn leaf are seldom good news. At their worst, they signal […]
When Herbicides Get Hot – 5 Tips for Spraying in High Temps – DTN Jun 11, 2021
Few farmers enjoy working outside when temperatures soar into the 90s or higher — and they aren’t alone. Herbicides, weeds and crops all perform differently in high heat — generally […]
Bayer Repurposes Old Herbicide to Combat Resistance – DTN Jun 8, 2021
With no new herbicide modes of action on the horizon, agrichemical companies are combing through the archives for options to battle herbicide-resistant weeds. Now, for Bayer Crop Science, that rummaging […]
New Dicamba Lawsuits – DTN Jun 8, 2021
Bayer and BASF are facing a rash of new lawsuits over alleged injury from their dicamba herbicides, even as Bayer works to settle older dicamba injury claims and both companies […]
Wireworms: How This Destructive Pest Plays the Long Game – DTN Jun 4, 2021
Dan Lakey thought he understood the wireworms living beneath his wheat fields in southeast Idaho. After watching them return year after year, undeterred by his insecticide seed treatments, Lakey tried […]
