Dicamba Rules: Patchwork of State Cut-Off Dates Confusing – DTN

🕔Dec 14, 2018Pick a state, any state, and chances are the rules for dicamba use there could differ from its neighbors next year.

Soybeans: Lower Quality Seed for 2019 – Check Your Germination Rates – DTN

🕔Dec 7, 2018Growers should expect lower-than-average germination rates from their soybean seed next year, experts told DTN. Much of the country’s soybean crop was plagued by unusually wet weather and a long, […]

Dicamba: States Scramble to Get a Grip – DTN

🕔Nov 9, 2018Indiana has decided to drop all state-led dicamba training, Illinois may have to certify thousands of applicators, and Arkansas is considering in-season dicamba use in 2019.

Soybean Cyst Nematode: Changing Up SCN-resistant Varieties is Key – DTN

🕔Oct 10, 2018 The next time you head to the fields to check if they are harvest-ready, consider bringing a soil probe along to test for soybean cyst nematode (SCN). The SCN Coalition, […]

Soybeans, Corn: Foliar Diseases – 5 Tips to Get Accurate Diagnosis – DTN

🕔Jul 13, 2018Have you ever thought about how hot the back of a mail delivery truck gets? Or the dashboard of your pickup truck after a day in the sun? Suzanne Bissonnette […]

Soybeans: Trans Fat Ban – Great Timing for High Oleic Varieties – DTN

🕔Jun 19, 2018Monday marks the deadline for the American food industry to rid itself of trans fats, and it couldn’t come at a better time for the high oleic soybean industry. Trans […]

Corn Growth Spurts: Check for Twisted Whorls, Yellow Leaves, Weakened Stems – DTN

🕔Jun 14, 2018Adolescence is the worst. Just ask your corn. Corn plants in the V5 to V7 growth stage may be showing some symptoms of a giant growth spurt — twisted whorls, […]

USDA Reports Trimmed Soy, Corn Stocks – DTN

🕔Jun 13, 2018USDA trimmed both 2017-18 (old-crop) and 2018-19 (new-crop) corn and soybean ending stocks in its release of June Crop Production and World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) this month. […]

Old Weeds Return: Cocklebur, Velvetleaf – Beyond Roundup Ready – DTN

🕔Jun 6, 2018The early bird may get the worm, but the late-emerging weed gets the run of the field.

Rice: FDA Gives Golden Rice a Nod – DTN

🕔Jun 4, 2018The international effort to release a strain of rice known as Golden Rice is nearing completion. On May 24, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) became the third major […]