RKN have gotten into the soybeans down in south Arkansas and creating quite a havoc. My younger brother, who owns a drone flying business, was asked to do a survey. Farmers say the 'todes are been carried field-2-field by tractor equipment, truck, tires and all means possible.
Chemicals are being dumped in hopes by only retard and by late season the 'todes are up to full strength again. The areas affected have a sand/silt dirt base in the delta - which has been prime aggie land for 200 years.
Of course my brother never heard of a nematode before and did not quite understand the implication.
There is also a big issue regarding a chemical called "Dicamba," which has been the news nightly for the past two weeks. It was outlawed, but has was snuck in through the back door somehow and land owners are pretty miffed.
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