• By Scott Stewart •
Although current moth activity remains relatively low, I’m expecting a peak of moth activity sometime beginning around Aug. 5 through 10. Bollworm (a.k.a., corn earworm) poses a significant threat to cotton and soybeans, and particularly...
• By Kay Ledbetter •
Texas residents are now among those across the nation receiving mysterious seeds delivered by mail in tiny bags marked as jewelry. U.S. Department of Agriculture officials are on alert because these seeds are unsolicited.
Dr. Kevin...
State agriculture officials are warning residents to be wary of unsolicited packages of seeds mailed to them. Reports have surfaced from South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Virginia, Kansas, Washington and Ohio, to name a few.
The South Carolina Department...
Growing season is in full swing and farmers must pay close attention to the water needs of several crops at this stage, says a Clemson University specialist.
Michael Plumblee, Clemson Extension precision agriculture specialist who also is an Agronomic Crops...
• By Larry Steckel •
Has Palmer amaranth evolved dicamba resistance in Tennessee? Results from some of the greenhouse experiments this winter and spring as well as in field research this growing season would suggest that our state now has...
• By Tom Barber •
Over the last couple weeks I have had several conversations with consultants and growers about pigweed control. Many are concerned with the levels of postemergence control they are seeing in all technologies but especially with...
Beginning this month, Bayer will start rewarding farmers in the United States and Brazil for generating carbon credits by adopting climate-smart practices, such as no-till farming and the use of cover crops.
The goal of the company's Carbon Initiative is...
UPDATED — BASF, Bayer and Corteva Agriscience filed separate petitions July 20 with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit requesting a rehearing of its June 3 decision. The court's ruling vacated Environmental Protection Agency registrations for...
The use of masks, whether they are cloth, N-95 or some other iteration, is being touted by health care professionals and governmental leaders as the main mitigating act the public can undertake in the battle against the novel coronavirus.
Since...
• By Yangxuan Liu •
Since the first diagnosis of COVID-19, the spread of the pandemic worldwide has negatively affected global economic growth. According to the latest release by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), global economic growth...
An entomologist well known to row crop producers throughout the South, Scott D. Stewart has been named the director of the West Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center in Jackson. Stewart, who currently serves in Jackson as a University of...
Brent Nelson of Sudan, Texas, was elected president of Plains Cotton Growers Inc. for 2020-2021 during the group's quarterly Board of Directors meeting recently via Zoom.
Joining Nelson on the PCG officer team are Martin Stoerner of Lockney, elected vice...
Lee Nunn of Madison, Georgia, planted his first wheat crop on 50 acres of his wife’s family farm when it became available to rent just over a dozen years ago. He quickly realized his passion for farming and began...
This year’s Milan No-Till Field Day will feature 16 different tours covering topics in agriculture ranging from hemp to soybeans to beef. The total number of presentations currently stands at 65.
Educational resources, tours and a trade show will all...
Above average temperatures are exacerbating drier-than-normal conditions around the state, said the state’s climatologist.
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service reports and experts say the hot, dry conditions are taking a toll on soil moisture levels and crops in areas that...
