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The Arkansas Plant Board meets Tuesday to weigh a proposal that would ban further post-emergence applications of dicamba on soybean and cotton this season.

Heavy rains pushed through the Corn Belt earlier this spring in several different weather fronts. Corn producers may be wondering if some already applied nitrogen fertilizer may not be available to their young plants.

Cover crops: Do they tie up or bank nitrogen in the spring? It all depends.

Average retail fertilizer prices continued to see little movement the first week of June 2017.

China approved the 2,4-D-tolerant trait in Enlist corn plants, and hybrids will be available for the 2018 season. The Enlist soybean trait is still waiting on approval from China and the EU.

Soybeans showing the cupping symptoms associated with dicamba damage have been identified in several states, and weed scientists are calling for applicators to take more care in spraying the herbicide.

Restricted root systems from flooding or wet soils has left some corn plants ill equipped to handle the normal heat waves of summertime, agronomists noted.

In this week's Crop Tech Corner, researchers document how pollen helped spread a resistant weed and suggest that plants may adapt to climate change better than expected.

Scout now for armyworms, black cutworms and slugs. Rootworm are also beginning to hatch and feeding will begin soon.

Retail fertilizer prices continued to hold steady the last week of May 2017.

Watch for these corn diseases, nutrient deficiencies and standability issues in the coming months if your fields were submerged.

Domestic wholesale prices for most fertilizers are being pressured by ample supplies and wet weather delaying sidedress applications.

Know the steps to take if you see or suspect dicamba injury to your crop or property.

Wet, windy conditions have made spray windows tight this spring, but weed size still matters.

Not much has changed on the fertilizer front this week.

Industry continues to rally around a 2015 industry-sponsored study on the benefits of neonicotinoids while working to combat the problem of dust-off at planting.

Don't panic -- cold temperatures and medium- to heavy-textured soils have likely slowed the loss of nitrogen from leaching and denitrification this month.

Average retail fertilizer prices continued to stay fairly stable the third week of May 2017, with prices for five of the eight major fertilizers slightly higher and prices for the remaining three slightly lower compared to last month.

Seed companies and farmers agree: This spring was crazy, and the replant requests streaming in across the Midwest prove it.

The study also questions the long-held assumption that corn growers see a yield benefit from neonicotinoid seed treatments.

In this week's Crop Tech Corner, Illinois researchers work with Kraft to make corn a source of natural food dyes, EPA's pyrethroid review is open for comment again and GM crops make strides around the world.

Scientists from around the world are meeting this week to discuss the ongoing issue of weeds that can outsmart controls.

Planting wheat or grass-type cover crops may reduce SCN reproduction if soybeans are planted into the stubble.

Experts weigh in on factors to consider before deciding to replant corn and soybeans this spring.

Average retail fertilizer prices continued to hold steady the second week of May 2017. One fertilizer services manager in Illinois said it's not clear what direction fertilizer prices might head next.