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Use Cover Crops to Tackle Palmer Amaranth

The timing of termination is crucial for producers trying to control challenging weeds by planting into a rye cover crop.

By Elizabeth Hodges posted on August 7, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Farm Progress

With Palmer amaranth becoming more herbicide-resistant, producers are pushing to find new ways to control it, such as using a rye cover crop to suppress it.

Removal, Combine Cleaning Key to Fight Palmer and Waterhemp

September 22, 2022

Localized populations of these species found on headlands or field margins likely represent a new introduction. Populations that are distributed throughout fields are likely a sign that these species have gone undetected for more than one year.

Weed Management Tactics to Try at Harvest Time

September 9, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Minnesota Extension

Planting delays gave an incredible advantage for weeds in some fields in 2022, enabling weeds to germinate and emerge at the same time as crops in 2022. It is important that farmers do what they can to limit weed seed production and movement to help prevent weed infestations in the future.

How High Temperatures Reduce Effectiveness of Group 27 Herbicides

July 15, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Agronomy eUpdates

As the calendar moves through the summer months and postemergence herbicides are applied to late-planted crops, it's a good time to review some research on the effects of high temperatures on Group 27 herbicides.

3 Questions to Assess If You Have Herbicide-Resistant Weeds

July 14, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

There are a few questions you can work through to understand why weeds that should have been controlled with your herbicide package are still growing.

Study: Palmer Amaranth Seeds Spread Through Manure

By Brian O'Connor posted on June 10, 2022 | Posted in Crop Protection

A study published in the latest edition of Agricultural & Environmental Letters, the journal of the American Society of Agronomy, the Soil Science Society of America, and the Crop Science Society of America found that palmer amaranth can pass its seeds via contaminated manure.

Glufosinate Resistance Found in Arkansas Palmer Amaranth

February 19, 2021 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: University of Arkansas

Rigorous testing by Arkansas weed scientists detects first-ever documented case of broadleaf resistance to glufosinate, says the University of Arkansas.

[Video] Tracing the Source of Palmer Amaranth and Waterhemp Infestations

March 19, 2020 | Posted in Crop Protection

Depending on the species, weeds spread with the help of wind, water or by other means, but human factors seem to be the best way to spread weeds from field to field, across a state, from state to state and even from one country to a different one.

Palmer Amaranth Resistance to 2,4-D and Dicamba Confirmed in Kansas

March 4, 2019

Recent research at Kansas State University has confirmed farmers' claims of Palmer amaranth being resistant to 2,4-D and dicamba — the first confirmed case of resistance to to these herbicides, says Iowa State University Extension.

Palmer Amaranth Confirmed in More N.D. Counties

October 26, 2018 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: NDSU Agriculture Communication

The likely sources were seeds carried by migratory birds, a used combine, an alternative feed source purchased out of state, custom combining and grain cleaned out of railroad cars.

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