While off-target dicamba injury to soybean has dominated the news the past year, it is important to recognize that dicamba is not the only Group 4 herbicide (HG4) capable of injuring soybean. HG4 products can induce plant responses at lower doses than most other herbicide groups.
Foliar fungicides are valuable soybean disease management tools. However, when applied in the absence of controllable, yield-limiting plant disease, they are typically not a profitable input.
As farmers and consultants have been out checking their soybean stands, they are finding spots on the leaves. A couple types of fungus may be spreading among crops this season.
After henbit or other hosts are terminated by herbicides or cultivation, large numbers of nymphs move to nearby crop plants to feed. Typically, they do not cause economic damage to crop plants.
Nick Vos is pushing to overcome moisture challenges on his farm in southwestern Kansas by no-tilling and using covers to recycle available nutrients and keep his sandy soils protected.
With multiple modes of action against all nematode species and activity on many soil-dwelling insects, Nemasect is a powerful tool to protect yield in corn and soybeans.
While sulfur provides many benefits to the soybean crop, research shows that the best way to manage sulfur in soybeans is not to apply fertilizer S directly to soybeans, but to corn in a corn-soybean rotation.
For many years, the practice of land rolling has been utilized in alfalfa and grass seed. It can be performed in soybeans as well when used at the proper timing.
All fields should be scouted for slugs, but focus especially on no-till fields or those fields with cover crops, a history of slug problems, poor weed control, or a lot of residue left on the field.
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On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Martin-Till, Smithville, Ga., strip-tiller and cover cropper Alex Harrell shares the main takeaway from his record-breaking 218-bushel soybean yield.
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