Tag: weeds
Controlling yellow nutsedge, a wet weather nuisance
Learn to understand how yellow nutsedge reproduces and thrives to better manage it in your forage crop fields and pastures.
Tackle weeds in pastures, forages
To manage forage weed control, you have to know what factors contributed to weed establishment in the first place, before spraying.
Poison ivy: ‘Leaflets three, let it be’
Here's the lesson. Poison ivy is a chameleon. It can grow as a vine, a shrub or even a small tree. Scott Shalaway offers tips to avoid it.
Start thinking about weed control in alfalfa
Weeds can also be a problem if they were not properly managed prior or just after seeding the alfalfa.
Study finds cereal rye contains high rates of weed seeds
Starting with 2016 and continuing through '17 and '18 the Indiana State Seed Lab has had high failure rates on both regulatory and service samples of rye.
Scout for poisonous weeds in alfalfa
When stands of established alfalfa get thinner weeds become a problem. The presence of poisonous weeds are of greatest concern in established alfalfa.
Managing weeds to improve alfalfa yield and quality
If weeds become a problem, they can compete or interfere for light, nutrients, water and space, directly influencing yield, quality and standability.
Think ahead about weed control in alfalfa
The thinner alfalfa population allows weeds to encroach the field. Weeds can also be a problem if they weren't properly managed prior to seeding alfalfa.
Herbicide rotation ineffective against resistance in waterhemp
A new study from the University of Illinois explains why herbicide rotation doesn't work.
Herbicide rotation key in the war against weeds
Palmer amaranth and waterhemp, have become more widespread and they've adapted to fend off a few different herbicides that have been used to kill them.
