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Foliar symptoms of soybean taproot decline - photo by Tom Allen, Mississippi State University
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* Appeals board sides with EPA, cancels Belt insecticide registration - Read more
* Dicamba injury to soybeans (from University of Tennessee) -
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* Farmers' illegal use of herbicides taking toll on neighboring crops -
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* Bean leaf beetles in soybeans...and more -
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* Update: Kudzu bug management in Arkansas -
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* Diamide insecticides and soybean looper management -
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Bayer commits to Southern soybeans with new breeding stations
 A relative newcomer to soybean development, Bayer has reconfirmed its commitment to the Mid-South industry with the recent completion of a new soybean breeding station near Marion, Ark.
The Marion facility is similar to the
Soybean
Breeding and Trait Development Station Bayer completed in Pikeville, N.C., in 2014.
"This is the nicest germplasm facility that I've ever been in except for our Pikeville facility," says Monty Malone, regional agronomist based in Conway, Ark. <<
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Events And Field Days
* Aug. 31, 2016 - Soybean-Cotton Field Day, Halifax County, N.C. -
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* Sept. 2-11, 2016 - Tennessee Soybean Festival, Martin, Tenn. -
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* March 2-4, 2017 - Commodity Classic, San Antonio, Texas -
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* March 3-4, 2017 - 65th annual Mid-South Farm and Gin Show, Memphis, Tenn. -
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If you have events you want listed, please send them to Soybean South editor Vicky Boyd.
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Wildy Family Farms, a row-crop operation in Manilla, Ark., is the reigning Arkansas Farm Family of the Year. Now they're a finalist in the 2016 Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farm of the Year. You'll know why they were chosen after you watch this video.
Learn why ninth-generation North Carolina producers Frank and Wyatt Scott decided to return to the family-owned operation after they graduated from college. In addition to soybeans and other row crops, Frank and Wyatt are looking to diversify by raising sweet potatoes and show livestock.
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