The 2021 season wasn’t without its difficulties throughout the year, but overall, the grain yield results have been very good. So good, in fact, that a new state average yield record is currently projected at 168.9 bu/acre (7,600 lbs/acre)....
• By Mary Hightower •
Arkansas rice growers battling yet another insect pest in their crops have until Aug. 28 to use Endigo ZC, after the Environmental Protection Agency issued a Section 18 exemption Aug. 13.
Endigo is currently labeled for...
• By Nick Bateman •
As of Aug. 13, Arkansas has received approval for use of Endigo ZC to control rice stink bugs in rice. This approval expires Aug. 27.
The recommended use rate range is 4.5-6.0 oz/acre, and there is...
• By Nick Bateman, Gus Lorenz and Ben Thrash •
We have been observing large numbers of rice stink bugs (RSB) in native grasses along ditch banks and turn rows over the past several weeks. I know, I know, we...
Reduced pyrethroid efficacy against rice stink bugs prompts call for strict adherence to IPM.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
For the past two seasons, University of Arkansas entomologists have documented a concerning decline in the efficacy of a popular insecticide used...
This season started fast and a bit earlier than normal. Temperatures have also been relatively warm, meaning that rice planted early in the season was able to get well established, likely with vigorous early growth. Weeds will also respond...
Back in the 1970s, Fram oil filters ran a series of TV commercials touting how a little prevention, in the form of a regular oil change and oil filter, helped ward off costly engine repairs.
The take-home message: “You can...
• By Gus Lorenz, Nick Bateman and Ben Thrash •
Rice stink bugs have been relatively quite so far this year. We are still seeing a large number of rice stink bugs, although mainly nymphs, on turn rows feeding on...
2 non-native stink bugs prompt questions about treatment thresholds, spray timings in Florida rice.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
Since it was first confirmed about 13 years ago, an exotic rice stink bug from the Caribbean and Central and South America...
Arkansas revisits rice stink bug thresholds, finding they still balance grain damage with grower profitability.
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
As two southern rice-producing states changed their rice stink bug thresholds, reducing the number that would trigger treatment, University of Arkansas...
• By Vicky Boyd,
Editor •
More than 250 rice producers, consultants and allied ag industry representatives packed tour trailers during the University of Arkansas' recent rice field day at the Rice Research and Extension Center near Stuttgart.
Departing from the Rice...
Wilmington, Delaware-based Belchim Crop Protection USA will distribute Tenchu 20SG insecticide to control rice stink bugs.
The product — registered by the Environmental Protection Agency in 2013 — contains the active ingredient dinotefuran, a neonicotinoid.
With more emphasis on quality, many...
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