Xtendimax, Engenia, and FeXapan Registrations Vacated. What now?
The dicamba products Xtendimax, Engenia, and FeXapan had their registrations vacated June 3, 2020 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The EPA announced June 8, 2020 a final...
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Enlist Soybean Varieties for Double-Crop Production Systems
Although it appears that we can use existing stock of labeled dicamba products (XtendiMax with Vaporgrip Technology, FeXapan, and Engenia) for Xtend soybean varieties, some may want to switch to or...
View ArticlePlanting Tips for Profitable Double-Crop Soybean
Before I get into tips for soybean, I must emphasize one must focus on the entire double-crop wheat-soybean system. Both crops must contribute to profit; one crop cannot carry the other. You will...
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Virginia Tech Eastern Shore AREC Virtual Field Day
Please find the 2020 Virginia Tech Eastern Shore Agricultural Research and Extension Center Virtual Field Day available via YouTube. Pre-recorded sessions can be viewed in one playlist or you can pick...
View Article2020 Virginia Soybean Yield Contest
Each year, the Virginia Soybean Association in cooperation with Virginia Cooperative Extension sponsors a soybean yield contest. The purpose of the Virginia Soybean Yield Contest is to emphasize and...
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Estimating Soybean Yields
Although it’s hard to accurately estimate soybean yields until maturity, doing so can give you an idea of your crops potential this year or differences between fields or soil types. Maybe you’re...
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Fire ants in crop fields and near homes – southeast VA
Fire ant mound around brace roots of corn plant, Suffolk, VA. We have high numbers of fire ant mounds in our crop fields and around our farms this year. There have been some unfortunate encounters and...
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Do I plant soybean or wait for rain?
Until these big high-pressure systems sitting in the eastern part of the country move east, it looks as if we are in for another week or so of dry weather. This is not good for soybean planting, any...
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Introducing the New & Improved Soybean Yield Contest
In an effort to better recognize Virginia’s soybean producers, Virginia Soybean Association is completely revamping the 2021 Soybean Yield Contest! Through a combination of checkoff dollars and...
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New tool for Soybean Variety Trial Data
David Holshouser, Virginia Tech Extension Soybean Agronomist & Virginia Sykes, University of Tennessee Extension Variety Testing & Agroecology Which soybean variety is best suited to my...
View ArticleSoybean Planting Tips
Many may have already planted. Some have stopped planting other crops such and peanut and cotton due to cool soils and started planting soybean instead. Regardless, an advantage of soybean is that it...
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Cooler Soil Temperatures = Delayed Soybean Emergence
The upcoming weekend rainfall (our meteorologists seem assured that it’ll be widespread) should greatly help parts of Virginia that are short on or getting short of topsoil moisture and position us...
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2022 Weed Management Field Day
Corn, Soybean, and Small Grains June 14th, 2022 8:30 to 11:00am Location: Southern Piedmont AREC. We will not be at the main station, but park directly in the field. Look for signs between Blackstone...
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