Pesticide-sensitive crop registry available online
Register apiaries and commercially grown crops sensitive to pesticides.Tennessee Commissioner of Agriculture Jai Templeton is encouraging Tennesseans with apiaries and commercially grown crops...
View ArticleArkansas offers pilot program to improve applicator stewardship
Pilot program being offered in partnership between FieldWatch and the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.Arkansas pesticide applicators working row and field crops will be able to...
View ArticleCorteva, Monsanto partner to expand options for fighting corn rootworm
Corteva Agriscience will receive a license to stack Monsanto’s Corn Rootworm III and MON89034 traits with Corteva Agriscience’s insect control traits. Growers in the U.S. and Canada will have more...
View ArticleEU court rules against neonic use
Environmentalist concern over pesticide impact on bee health gets day in court, pesticide losesThe use of the neonicotinoid class of insecticides has been a boon to agriculture, helping farmers boost...
View ArticleMy plans for plant bugs in Tennessee cotton
The take home point is we really only have a few modes of action and ‘go to’ products for control of immature plant bugs.As often happens, there is a flurry of activity in early planted cotton. Plant...
View ArticleBollworms could be 'budget buster' for some Arkansas cotton growers
Worries over growing bollworm populations are amplified by possible resistance to dual gene technology.“The bollworm pressure is decidedly higher than what we’ve seen in the last couple years,” said...
View ArticleBelchim Crop Protection USA to distribute Tenchu 20SG rice insecticide
Dinotefuran, the active ingredient in Tenchu, shows 7 to 11 days of residual control to protect rice from rice stink bugs and pecky rice. Belchim Crop Protection USA has announced it will be...
View ArticleThreecornered alfalfa hopper can be factor in cover crops and cotton
Stewart discusses hopper problem and solutions Threecornered alfalfa hoppers typically feed on soybeans and other legumes. But they can begin defoliating cotton leaves when cotton follows Austrian...
View ArticleThe five biggest mistakes you can make in weed control
By not attacking Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, and other weeds early and often with proper herbicide applications, a good crop can go south in a hurry.Whether it’s corn, soybeans, cotton, or other crops,...
View ArticleInsecticide seed treatments help make a stand, but some may need a boost from...
Any help plants can get in heading off insect pressure will reduce stress on cotton, corn, and soybeans.A proper insecticide seed treatment can be the difference between whether early cotton seedlings...
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