Trying to get ahead of ongoing weed pressures? Consider Penn State Extension's Dwight Lingenfelter's advice for what can be ...

The key to a good start is weed control. There are several winter annual, biennial, and perennial weeds that can be ...

One of the most important factors that determines the success of a dryland sorghum crop is the amount of water stored in the soil profile prior to planting. In dry years, 1 inch of available soil ...

The annual weed surveys prior to soybean harvest last fall revealed that marestail is still the top weed problem for this area. This tough native plant began to appear in our fields about eight years ...

If you struggled with control of marestail this growing season, spraying this fall is an excellent option to avoid problems next spring. In fact, fall spraying is a great solution for homeowners, as ...

The best strategy for weed control in corn and soybeans is much like the one agronomists have long recommended for nutrient management – the 4R approach of right product (source), right rate, right ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – As the summer drought continues, farmers across Indiana are struggling to control glyphosate-resistant weeds, says a Purdue Extension specialist. Farmers are seeing marestail, ...

Planting with no pre-emerge herbicides or residuals is a dance through a minefield, particularly in an age of herbicide resistance. Far from formulaic, every grower’s approach to preplanting chemical ...

Marestail (aka horseweed) tends to be a troublesome weed species in no-till cropping systems across the Midwest, and this year we received several inquiries regarding poor marestail control in parts ...

While weed escapes in crop fields may be inevitable, Kansas State University weed specialist Sarah Lancaster said fall management could put growers in a good spot for many years to come. “The (weed) ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — When the weed killer Roundup was introduced in the 1970s, it proved it could kill nearly any plant while still being safer than many other herbicides, and it allowed farmers to ...

Central Illinois corn farmer Jerry McCulley refills his sprayer with the weed killer glyphosate on a farm near Auburn. A handful of hardy weeds have adapted to survive glyphosate — sold as Roundup and ...