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Just want to visit with you today on some of the issues that are affecting soybean production
here in Arkansas. And especially this early spring as the days have warmed up, the things
out here are starting to grow. Many of our winter annuals are starting to take off and
grow, mainly our winter junk weeds and we need to be out in front of them this year
and taking care of them. And that’s mainly due to rising diesel fuel cost, just in the
last few days fuel has increased twenty-five to fifty cents a gallon for farm fuel. Just
want to visit with growers on a few things and possibilities or potentials to apply for.
One is an old standby of glyphosate. One thing that I would ask or suggest to our growers
that when they do run glyphosate to control their winter annuals, that they put in at
least a pint and a half of 2, 4-D for our broadleaves, especially for glyphosate resistant
marestail. Growers will need to make sure and read their label, consult their MP44 for
university recommendations on plant-back restrictions. I know many labels of 2, 4-D for soybeans
is a 14-day replant or plant back restriction, on rice it’s 21 days. Also for growers who
have planted wheat this year and looking at double cropping soybeans behind wheat, I still
would recommend at least a pint and a half of 2, 4-D with their Harmony Extra applications
if their looking at spraying broadleaves out here in the field to help knock these resistant
marestail out before they become too large and we have these weedy fields at harvest.
Your Arkansas Soybean Podcast is a production of the University of Arkansas Division of
Agriculture and was funded in part by the Arkansas Soybean Promotion Board. For more
information about soybean farming in Arkansas, contact your local county Extension office.