Barnyardgrass has tormented farmers while picking up resistance to a wide range of herbicides. And without agronomic changes, the weed is likely to ratchet up the pressure on Mid-South crops....More
With an economic impact in Arkansas of more than $780 million a year from hunting alone, maintaining healthy wildlife habitat is critical for the environment and economy....More
Immigration reform continues to build momentum in Congress. As migrant workers are a vital component of the U.S. food and fiber sector, agricultural interests are keen to bend the coming legislation to their best advantage....More
A Mississippi State University student organization not only earned official Sweet 16 honors this spring, but also unofficial Final Four as the nation’s Number Two collegiate chapter of Ducks Unlimited....More
An aging U.S. waterway infrastructure – which carries more than 60 percent of America’s grain and other commodity exports -- may be set to get a funding boost from Congress that will allow for more than a facelift....More
More than 200 economists, sociologists and government policy makers brought ideas and lively discussion about ecosystem services and valuation to the “Big Easy” during the fourth National Forum on Socioeconomic Research in Coastal Systems on March 24-26....More
In response to the signing into law of the Continuing Resolution (CR) by President Barack Obama, the American Soybean Association (ASA) has examined the ramifications for soybean farmers contained in the measure....More
Despite recent reports, nothing has changed about the Command herbicide label for 2013. All of the uses including aerial applications and all approved tank mixes remain approved....More
“All of today’s peanut varieties are very similar in terms of high yield potential. You aren’t going to suffer very much yield-wise with any of the varieties available today.”...More
A new study indicates the outlook for sufficient food, fuel and fiber over the next 40 years is dismal unless plant nutrient use is better managed....More
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the results of the first comprehensive survey looking at the health of thousands of stream and river miles across the country, finding that more than half -- 55 percent -- are in poor condition for aquatic life....More
Are the South’s Extension Service and experiment station systems still relevant, nearly a century after they were founded? Yes, says a new report released by an Ohio-based charitable trust....More
The kudzu bug, an insect that has caused up to 20 percent yield losses in some untreated soybean fields in North Carolina, is inching its way nearer to Arkansas....More