The crops are flying out of the fields with these wide open dry periods we’ve been having this fall. That’s opening our ...

Oct. 2 is National Nematode Day and marks a good time to test fields for soybean cyst nematode, the No. 1 pathogen of soybean in the United States. “We anticipate the highest SCN levels to occur at ...

In 2010, the Farm Journal Test Plots program harvested its 19th year of third-party, independent demonstration research. From soybean row spacing–the longest running study—to evaluating controls for ...

Most farmers have some level of nematode problems. U.S. farmers lose an estimated $1 billion each year to soybean cyst nematodes alone. Although many farmers think planting a resistant variety is ...

URBANA, Ill. -- The soybean cyst nematode (SCN) is the most pervasive plant pest in agriculture. University of Illinois researchers have developed a system to test for the nematode that is ...

Boxwoods are under attack in the Lowcountry by so many different blights, root rots, declines, cankers, insects, mites, nematodes and diseases it is hard to keep track of anymore. If you are having ...

A soil test is a profitable investment to inform our nutrient management strategy. Some farms find value in increasing sampling frequency (every one to two years) and intensity with more samples per ...

Test for soybean cyst nematode in the spring before planting, says University of Missouri Extension plant pathologist Kaitlyn Bissonnette. Data from MU researchers shows SCN field populations are ...