Pennsylvania Corn, Soybeans: Managing Burcucumber and Other Late Season Weeds
Unfortunately, at this point in the season, few products are labelled and applying those that are can be even more difficult. The only viable option might be to use a harvest aid prior to corn or...
View ArticleLouisiana Soybeans: New Herbicide Systems Offer Better Weed Control Options
Three new soybean herbicide systems will give Louisiana farmers much-needed tools to fight increasing resistant weed populations they have struggled with in recent years. However, LSU AgCenter weed...
View ArticlePennsylvania Corn: Herbicides and Rotation to Cover Crops
With silage harvest underway a number of farmers are considering cover crop establishment this fall. Remember that some herbicides can persist and potentially influence successful cover crop...
View ArticleMinnesota: Thinking Through Dicamba Options For 2018
As we enter the fall harvest, many will be evaluating what soybean variety to select for next year. No longer is the focus solely on yield and tolerances to disease, iron chlorosis, and nematodes. This...
View ArticleVirginia: More Resistant Italian Ryegrass – Rethink Strategies
Italian ryegrass is one of the most common and troublesome weeds Virginia small grain producers face. The weed competes with wheat for essential nutrients, sunlight, and moisture and also interferes...
View ArticleLouisiana: Whatever You Do, Don’t Walk Away From Weeds In The Fall
Prolonged rains, coupled with high August temperatures, were optimal for weed growth in late summer and into this fall. People have asked about control options for weeds post-harvest. Earlier harvest...
View ArticleHerbicide Resistance: Are We at a Tipping Point with Weed Control?
Imagine walking the cereal aisle at your favorite grocery store. Are you reading labels? Scanning prices? Thinking about weeds? If you’re like most American consumers, weeds probably aren’t at the...
View ArticleAlabama Wheat: Ryegrass Control Options
Ryegrass continues to be a problem in wheat each year due to resistance to more herbicides, timing of applications, and weather conditions. Last year, we looked at several herbicides applied...
View ArticleDicamba and the Treadmill of Herbicide Resistance
Many reports have circulated the US concerning widespread dicamba injury to off-target crops, particularly in the Mid-South and Midwest. According to a national survey led by Kevin Bradley, weed...
View ArticleLouisiana Weeds: Fall and Spring Burndown Considerations
This time of year, especially when it is dry, brings about questions concerning a fall burndown application that contains a residual herbicide. As with any field operation, fall burndown should...
View ArticleKentucky Soybeans: Herbicide Resistance Trait Decisions for 2018 – Video
The UK Grain Crops Group Winter Updates 2017-18. Travis Legleiter shares Herbicide Resistant Soybean Trait Decisions for 2018. Topics are Roundup ready, Liberty Link,glyphosate, glufosinate, roundup 2...
View ArticlePennsylvania: What’s New in Weed Control 2018 – Label Updates
Learn new product labels and label updates for the 2018 season. Corn Coyote 3.67SE (mesotrione [Callisto] + s-metolachlor [Dual II Magnum]; groups 27 and 15 herbicides; UPI) and Harness MAX 3.82SE...
View ArticleGeorgia: Too Cold To Spray So Far?
Growers who have sprayed certain POST systemic herbicides (i.e. Roundup, Poast, Select) in the first half of January are likely to observe slower and/or reduced performance due to the cold weather....
View ArticlePennsylvania: New Xtend, Enlist Labels – Quick Overviews
Roundup Ready 2 Xtend soybean Engenia 5L (dicamba-BAPMA salt; BASF), Xtendimax 2.9L (dicamba-DGA with Vapor Grip Technology; Monsanto) and FeXapan 2.9L (dicamba-DGA plus Vapor Grip Technology;...
View ArticleHerbicide Labels: How To Read And Understand Them
Herbicide labels are legal documents providing important information about the product, its appropriate use, and the precautions needed to avoid off-target movement and to protect environmental...
View ArticleLouisiana Rice: New Herbicides Available This Year
With the start of rice planting roughly a month away, farmers will have new herbicides to fight weeds in the upcoming growing season. LSU AgCenter weed scientist Eric Webster, talking at rice meetings...
View ArticleOhio Soybeans: Eliminating Marestail as Postemergence Herbicide Determiner
Soybean herbicide systems have evolved back to a fairly high level of complexity to deal with the herbicide resistance we have in various broadleaf weeds. By the time we use a comprehensive mix of...
View ArticleTennessee: Marestail Burndown – Update in Herbicide Options
There are many more options to control horseweed (marestail) in soybean and cotton than what was available just a few years ago. The biggest new option for many acres of Xtend cotton or soybean has...
View ArticleGeorgia Wheat: Herbicide Options Depend on Growth Stage
It has been challenging time for wheat producers trying to control weeds. January was a cold month and February has been wet. The crop has progressed at a fast rate and growers need to monitor the...
View ArticleOklahoma Wheat: Early Spring Weed Management
As temperatures begin to warm and rain falls, wheat producers managing their crops for yield and grain quality may turn to herbicides to get a handle on grass and broadleaf weeds. “With herbicide...
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