Minnesota Weeds: Check Driftwatch/FieldCheck Before You Spray
To reduce the potential for pesticide drift injury to sensitive crops and beehives check the FieldCheck (FieldWatch) map prior to application.
FieldCheck, DriftWatch, and BeeCheck...
Herbicides: How Do Hot, Dry Conditions Affect Performance?
For the past several weeks, the Florida Panhandle has experienced hot and dry weather conditions. Unfortunately, these environmental conditions coincided with most of the...
Illinois: Dicamba – Application Date Extended
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) has announced it will extend the application date the herbicide dicamba can be applied on soybeans in Illinois...
Minnesota: Weed Management Under Delayed Planting Conditions – Podcast
Our guest this week was Dr. Jeff Gunsolus, University of Minnesota Extension Weed Specialist for corn and soybeans. Since 1986, Dr. Gunsolus has had...
Minnesota: Palmer Pigweed in Manure – What Can You Do?
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has identified manure as a pathway of introduction for Palmer amaranth. Specifically, Palmer amaranth seeds that contaminated sunflower screenings...
Pennsylvania Soybeans: Post Herbicide Options, Application Restrictions
We have received some calls inquiring about post herbicide options for soybeans. If the field did not receive a burndown herbicide or a residual...
Waterhemp Found Resistant to Another Class of Herbicides
We've all heard about bacteria that are becoming resistant to multiple types of antibiotics. These are the so-called superbugs perplexing and panicking medical science....
Tennessee: Management Options for Grass Weeds – Podcast
In our latest podcast, Dr. Larry Steckel discusses weed challenges and options for grass weed species, such as johnsongrass, goosegrass and barnyard grass.
Dicamba: High Temperatures Plus Glyphosate Increase Chances of Volatility
Higher temperatures and mixing glyphosate with dicamba lead to increased atmospheric concentrations of dicamba, according to scientists with the University of Tennessee Institute of...
Dicamba Injury: Micro-Rates Can Affect Soybean Yields at Least 5%
After dicamba-resistant soybean came to the market in 2017, there were a number of off-target injury complaints in US soybean production areas, including eastern...
Iowa Corn: UAN and Herbicide Applications on Emerged Crops
Corn planting has been start and stop, and generally delayed this spring. In some situations the decision was made to plant and not apply...
Texas Peanuts: Mid- to Late-Season Weed Control Options
Weed pressure seems higher this season due to better than average soil moisture. Herbicides applied preplant and at planting have been effective, but new...
Tackling Tough Weeds with Cover Crops – Video
Taylor Clarke, Farmer and Extension Agent from Brunswick County, VA, discusses how he transformed his tobacco-based family farm into a soybean-based system by introducing...
Minnesota: Weed Control in Late Planted Crops
The wet spring has been frustrating for a lot of farmers to get crops planted. One consolation with the late start is that there...
Missouri: 5 Weed Management Issues from Flooding, Wet Conditions
Obviously, our season so far has been one for the books. Our state climatologist Pat Guinan tells us that last month was the wettest...
Nebraska Corn, Soybeans: Resistant Marestail – Post-Emergence Control Options
With early spring flooding and continued cool-wet weather, early spring burndown and/or pre-emergence herbicide applications for control of marestail were not possible or may...
Nebraska Soybeans: Resistant Palmer Pigweed Field Day, Carleton, July 10
Growers, crop consultants and extension educators interested in management of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth are encouraged to attend Nebraska Extension's field day, supported by the...
Arkansas: Weed Challenges During ‘Crazy’ Growing Season
A late planting season and a spring of wild weather has Arkansas cropland under multiple threats. Among the biggest concerns is the inevitable arrival...
Tennessee Cotton: Questions on Grass Control
Many questions continue to be asked on how best to manage grass in cotton. The sketchy performance of glyphosate on goosegrass, junglerice and Johnsongrass...
Pennsylvania Corn: Herbicide Application Timings and Restrictions
In the past there were generally two or three times when herbicides were applied in corn — preplant, pre or postemergence. Now with more...