Soybean News
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As Arkansas farmers work to battle an outbreak of fall armyworms, entomologists say the pest is proving to be devastating in later planted crops. And as farmers see increased pest pressure, the costs are adding up.
U.S. climate legislation collapsed last week, and analysts say it could hamper the development of clean-burning transportation fuels. Biofuels groups were banking on the legislation to boost investment in fuels like SAF.
Soybean cyst nematode can ravage a crop and destroy up to 80% of its yield potential. Two partners encourage farmers to take action between now and early September to address the pest.
Non-GMO soybeans at R2 to R3 are seeing weed flushes. You will ‘burn’ the beans to get rid of waterhemp, but that’s a better option than leaving the weed to flourish, go to seed and fill the seed bank for next spring.
Farmer DIY: Low-cost, weed-specific automated sprayers built on-farm are on the near-horizon for agriculture.
Come join Ken Ferrie at this year’s Farm Journal Corn and Soybean College, hosted by Crop-Tech Consulting, July 26-27 in Heyworth, Ill.
Take a virtual crop tour across farm country, without leaving your chair.
Nearly 80% of the corn crop has emerged and 73% has a condition rating of good or excellent.
Using history as a guide, be ready for very different prices than we see today, as prices typically shift from May to October.
This spring about 100 growers in New York started shipping corn and soybeans to Europe and Africa, via the Great Lakes Seaway system.