Ohio: New Enlist Labels – When Enlist is Outlawed, Only Outlaws…
Sometimes you’d like the s**t to stop hitting the fan just long enough to get cleaned up, but you can’t get a break. Like...
Arkansas: Enlist Herbicides Re-Registration – What Do We Need to Know?
Enlist herbicides were recently granted amended seven-year registrations for over-the-top applications on Enlist corn, cotton, and soybean. This is great news for individuals...
Weed Control: What’s New in 2022?
Product/Label/Pipeline Updates
As in the recent past, there are absolutely no new herbicide modes of action. Below are some newer product premixes, revised formulations of...
New Enlist Registrations – DTN
EPA granted new registrations and labels for Corteva Agriscience's Enlist One and Enlist Duo herbicides on Jan. 11. The products are registered for seven...
Dicamba Lawsuit Revived – DTN
A group of environmental organizations is asking a federal court to lift a stay and expedite their lawsuit demanding EPA vacate its 2020 dicamba...
Herbicide Resistance: Researchers Look to Destroy Weed Seed During Harvest
A Kansas State University researcher in western Kansas says he may have an innovative way to kill weeds commonly found in farmer’s fields: simply...
Cotton: Palmer Pigweed – Control Matters Throughout Plant’s Lifecycle
Every female Palmer amaranth plant can produce over 1 million seeds that may germinate and compete with a cotton crop.
One doctoral student is taking...
Midwest: Herbicide Shortage – 13 Alternative Spring Burndown/Postemergence Strategies
Note: This article represents the combined thinking of weed scientists from Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
There is a lot of speculation about herbicide...
Illinois: 1st Dicamba Resistant Waterhemp Reported
University of Illinois weed scientists have confirmed resistance to the herbicide dicamba in a Champaign County waterhemp population. In the study, dicamba controlled 65%...
Weed Management: Dealing with Increased Prices, Decreased Availability of Herbicides
A Kansas State University weed management specialist says increased prices and decreased availability of herbicides may force farmers into finding alternative ways of managing...
Arkansas: Weedy Rice – Researchers Tackle Ever-Evolving Problem
Red rice in the field was a problem for rice growers, but at least it was easy to spot. But years of out-crossing with...
Ohio: Fall Herbicide Treatments – Just Do It
We don’t usually run articles about fall herbicide application this late in the season, since most everyone is done applying by now. We’ve run...
EPA Issues Fines Over Dicamba – DTN
EPA has levied a fine against Nutrien Ag Solutions for allegedly applying dicamba illegally on several Kansas farms in the summer of 2020.
The company...
Indiana: Herbicide Shortage – Planning Termination Of Multispecies Cover Crop Mixtures
We have discussed the herbicide shortage for the 2022 growing season and outlined a couple of scenarios where we can switch to alternative herbicides...
Mississippi: Burndown During Pricing and Supply Challenges – Podcast
Daniel Stephenson with the LSU AgCenter is back as a call-in guest to the Crop Doctors’ Podcast studio in Stoneville. Daniel, Jason, and Tom...
Tennessee Soybeans: 4 Points to Consider when Choosing Your Herbicide Trait Platform
Several retailers and growers in recent weeks have asked about switching away from Xtend soybeans due to the poor pigweed control they have seen...
Start Planning for Herbicide Shortages in 2022
Retailers and the basic suppliers are all very concerned about herbicide shortages in 2022. We all can recall similar concerns this past spring. In...
Herbicide Resistance: Chaff Lining, Seed Mills Aid Fight Against Weeds
The Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station is taking part in research to fight the battle against herbicide-resistant weeds.
Catching weed seeds before they start a new...
Indiana Corn, Soybeans: 5 Tips for Weed Control in Harvest Stubble
As our crops come out of the field, now is the time to think about weed control for winter annual weeds, including marestail. Scouting...
Herbicide Storage Over the Winter
With volatile supply chain issues involving many aspects of production ag these days, some are asking if it is wise to purchase bulk inventory...