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Skip to content More News & Updates How Foliar Nutrients Interact with Weed Control Article reprinted with permission from the Soybean Research & Information Network. Highlights: Farmers aim to get the most... Five Tips to Use Spray Drones Effectively Spray drones for weed control have flooded the market with promises of spot spraying, herbicide savings, and late season...

Skip to content Hungry for watermelon as the summer heat ramps up? If so, how does a side of cover crops and plastic mulch sound? Combining plasticulture with spring-seeded cover crops could help watermelon farmers topple herbicide-resistant weeds and keep this summer staple on the shelves, according to University of Maryland Extension weed specialist Dr. Kurt Vollmer. Vollmer’s research comes as herbicide-resistant weeds limit farmer’s chemical control options in watermelon fields.

Skip to content Spray drones for weed control have flooded the market with promises of spot spraying, herbicide savings, and late season herbicide applications. Questions remain, however, on how to legally, effectively and safely apply herbicides with drones.

Skip to content More News & Updates SUBSCRIBE GROW’s Farmer Case Studies page contains video interviews with farmers across the country who are experimenting with or have mastered the use of multiple integrated weed management tactics to control weeds on their operations. Visit the webpage to learn more. Figure 19. On the left, redroot pigweed has not been controlled after six years of using herbicides as the sole weed management strategy.

Skip to content The Wisconsin Cropping Systems Weed Science Program has been conducting extensive research on soybean “planting green” systems as part of integrated weed management strategies.

Skip to content Glyphosate has long been a go-to tool for terminating cover crops and controlling weeds. But in New York, that tool is starting to fail against one familiar species: Italian ryegrass. Researchers at Cornell University have confirmed the first case of glyphosate-resistant Italian ryegrass in the state. Glyphosate-resistant ryegrass is a common problem in many Southern and Southeastern states, but it’s a new threat for New York farmers.

Skip to content When weather lets you plant your soybeans early, you might be left wondering how your weed control and crop yield fares as a result. Michigan State researchers examined these very factors, as well as row spacing, to provide some steadfast tips in helping your early-planted soybeans thrive against weeds. Farmer planting soybeans.

Skip to content “Mix and rotate multiple herbicide modes of action each year,” the decades-old advice goes. But that wisdom is missing a key word – multiple effective herbicide modes of action. A lot of things can torpedo a herbicide program that looks effective on paper, from herbicide resistance lurking in your region to lowered rates of certain ingredients in tank mixes. The new tool is designed to be a starting point for farmers to evaluate their herbicide programs, easily and quickly.

Skip to content Stellaria media (L.) Vill. Also known as: starwort, winter-weed, starweed, satin flower, and chickenwort Common chickweed is a winter annual broadleaf weed that usually emerges in fall or early spring and can overwinter as a small rosette. Depending on location, common chickweed can germinate and emerge throughout the summer months with adequate moisture and cooler temperatures. Chickweed forms dense mats that grow close to the ground in cool and moist conditions.

Skip to content Thurman Johnson went to a Spokane, Washington Safeway on August 22, 2025 to gear up for a day of removing invasive garden loosestrife, but he ultimately stumbled upon a much more menacing weed lurking in that grocery store’s parking lot. One lone Palmer amaranth stalk towered three-feet tall in the parking lot’s landscaping island. At its roots were Palmer amaranth seedlings.