News On The Pigweed Front
October 1, 2013
As resistant weeds become more common in crop fields across the country, the entire agricultural community is scrambling to keep pace.
Syngenta is accepting Resistance Fighter of the Year award nominations through September 13, 2013. Eligible nominees include accredited farm managers, crop consultants, retailers and county extension agents.
Growers have increasingly been looking for options to control marestail after crop emergence, says a University of Illinois Extension specialist.
Jill Scheidt, agronomy specialist with University of Missouri Extension in Barton County, scouted area fields to prepare this […]
A new publication on Palmer amaranth, one of the most aggressive weeds to compete with crops, is now […]
The continual evolution of herbicide-resistant weeds is one of the most daunting problems faced by weed management practitioners. […]
As the cost and scale of farming operations have increased, so has the usage of herbicide-resistant crops. These […]
For anyone who pays attention to the news, the spread of herbicide-resistant weeds in agricultural fields is quickly […]
Crops should be managed in a way to prevent weed infestations, overuse of herbicides and herbicide resistance. But […]
Despite some pushback from the drought, increased awareness surrounding weed resistance and high commodity prices made 2012 a […]
Results from more than 300 soybean field trials conducted in 2011 and 2012 show soybean growers there’s hope […]
Traditional weed management practices are under attack as glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth takes a firm and frightening grip on […]
Syngenta is now accepting nominations for the 2012 Resistance Fighter of the Year (RFOY) program. In its fourth year, […]
The months between this year’s harvest and next spring’s planting are prime time for winter annual weeds to […]
Bayer CropScience and Mendel Biotechnology, Inc. Hayward, CA, have formed a new multi-year collaboration to jointly identify herbicides […]
A weed known to many cotton and soybean growers in the South as “pigweed on steroids” has been […]
The waterhemp towering above the crop canopy in many fields is clear evidence of how difficult it is […]
Editor’s Note: This article is based on a report that was originally completed by the Weed Science Society […]
Last week, a population of Palmer amaranth was identified growing in portions of a field in Cass County […]