Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth is wide-spread across the Coastal Plain and is showing up alarmingly fast in the Piedmont. Learn how to control it before it spreads. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fungicide-efficacy/gr-palmer-amaranth-control-in-soybeans/
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Glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth is wide-spread across the Coastal Plain and is showing up alarmingly fast in the Piedmont. Learn how to control it before it spreads. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fungicide-efficacy/gr-palmer-amaranth-control-in-soybeans/
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A new interactive guide to kudzu bug identification and control has been created by collaborators from Clemson University, University of Georgia and the South Carolina Soybean Board.
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During summer 2015, we changed our insecticide recommendations for Blackland soybean growers (click here for last year’s article). This year’s screening results confirm these recommendations that both Intrepid Edge and Steward are the MORE »
Reports have come in on spray failures in some limited spots of pyrethroids over soybeans and cotton for bollworm/earworm. In addition, moths in both Georgia and Virginia have tested more resistant to pyrethroids MORE »
I have heard a lot of concern about worms (bollworm, fall armyworm, soybean looper, etc.) in our crops this year. From what I can tell, nothing is out of control, unmanageable, or widespread MORE »
Light trap data can always be accessed by visiting cotton.ces.ncsu.edu. Scroll over to “links” and down to “light trap information”. A shortcut to the site is here. Be sure to “select a pest” MORE » – from 
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All signs so far point to this year as being wormier than the previous three. I started picking up yellowstriped armyworms in a light trap last week and there have been soybeans that MORE »
‘Roundup Ready 2 Extend’ (RR2X) soybean varieties are now becoming available on the market. Farmers should be aware of some significant concerns about use of these varieties. As of May 2, 2016, these seed MORE »
The US EPA has approved the use of AgLogic™ 15G Aldicarb Pesticide for the 2016 planting season. Unfortunately for NC growers, it will only be available in limited quantities in GA and sold MORE » – from Cotton
Loopers that we saw in late July and early August never went away, but more adults are picking up in our pheromone trap and small larvae are showing up in soybeans from this MORE »
