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Improving Soybean Yield Potential with Smart Applications

The Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board invests checkoff funds to improve the sustainability and profitability of the soybean industry in Arkansas. The board’s research investment includes projects conducted by Dr. Gus Lorenz, an integrated pest management professional and entomologist with the University of Arkansas’s Division of Agriculture. Dr. Lorenz and his team conduct checkoff-funded research with…

Arkansas Soybean Association Announces Seminar

Little Rock, Ark. (January 16, 2018) –The Arkansas Soybean Association has set Monday, January 29 as the date of their Annual Business Session and Seminar. The informative seminar and business session will be held at the Brinkley Convention Center (1501 Weatherby Dr, Brinkley, AR 72021) in Brinkley, Arkansas. Registration will begin at 8:15 a.m., program…

Neonicotinoid Effects on Arkansas Honey Bees

Dr. Gus Lorenz, entomologist with the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, began studying honey bees five years ago. In 2012, the impact of neonicotinoids on these pollinators received national news after the widely used insecticide was implicated as contributing to colony collapse disorder. Along with farmers and researchers alike, Dr. Lorenz became very concerned.…

Warmer Winters Create Pest Problems to Overcome

“Mild” has become a common descriptor of Arkansas winters, but the problems they create are anything but popular among the state’s soybean producers. With the growing season upon us, last year’s mild winter has caused much concern over the pests they might encounter early in the season. Dr. Gus Lorenz, extension entomologist with the University…