herbicides

⋅ BY JOHN LOVETT ⋅ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SYSTEM DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE Farmers and agricultural aviators may be able to reduce herbicide drift by making simple adjustments, according to a recently published study. The study, published in Nature’s “Scientific Reports” journal late...

A Mississippi State research team in the university’s Department of Plant and Soil Sciences is using artificial intelligence and automated mechanical technology capabilities to find and control weeds. Cotton Inc. recently funded a study, asking scientists in MSU’s Mississippi Agricultural...

⋅ BY CARROLL SMITH ⋅ EDITOR Jake Teichroeb’s father, John, was part of a Mennonite community in Mexico that moved to west Gaines County, Texas, to pursue various agricultural occupations. The elder Teichroeb began as a custom harvester of wheat and...

PhytoGen W3E1 Varieties Will Be Available for the 2023 Season PhytoGen® cottonseed, the U.S. cottonseed brand of Corteva Agriscience, today announced a new transgenic trait package, W3E1, for the 2023 season. The W3E1 trait package combines the Enlist® cotton trait and WideStrike® 3 Insect Protection, giving cotton...

AgriLife Extension providing trainings across state with updates Cotton, corn and soybean producers in 22 Texas counties will be restricted on the use of two popular herbicides this growing season after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency renews registrations. Green cotton plants...

• By Larry Steckel • The constant word I am hearing from retailers is that many herbicides are in tight or limited supply going into the spring. This all started back in late January when the most commonly used spring...

• By Guy Collins and Dominic Reisig • This planting season has been frustrating to say the least. We had a five-day stretch of good planting weather during May 13-17 and intermittently at other times during May, as planting was...

The hummingbirds that appeared in our backyard in March developed goose down to survive April and early May. Cotton seed planted in early May in North Alabama needed jackets and waders, while further south, they desperately thirsted for water....

Bayer has announced a herbicide molecule in Phase 2 of early development that has demonstrated effective control of key resistant grasses in research trials, according to a company news release. At the same time Bayer researchers are working to identify...

With the challenges of 2019 behind us, I am sure this year in cotton production will be one we will not want to revisit any time soon. For most cotton producers across the state, it was one of lower-than-...

Four decades ago, Dr. Raymond Sheperd and I were standing in Field 10 in one of his cotton nurseries at the Auburn Plant Breeding Unit. I was a young experiment station superintendent, and I fussed about how short the...