• By Larry Steckel •
Clearly this year, many are having trouble managing ryegrass and poa. Questions began months ago and continue today and have ranged from tactics to burn them down before planting to how to control them in...
Summer gardens here on the farm have rows as long as some of your corn rows, if not longer. Peas from A to Z, (White) Acres to Zippers, are planted and the bounty fills the freezers of many families,...
As fields begin to dry and the extended forecast predicts better conditions for weed management strategies, burndown applications will be going out. Research has shown that burndown applications need to be applied four to six weeks prior to planting...
Xanthion In-furrow Fungicide
Xanthion In-furrow fungicide from BASF will provide corn growers with an additional tool to protect their seed investment and maximize yield potential in the 2015 season.
“A new tool to help growers start their season off strong, this...
Soil preparation and precise planting are keys to optimizing corn yield potential. The University of Georgia (UGA) and University of Arkansas (U of A) Cooperative Extension Services offer the following insight into helping Southern farmers achieve this goal.
Soil Management...
By Bruce Schultz
Because corn weed control starts with clean fields, LSU AgCenter weed scientist Daniel Stephenson is advising Louisiana corn farmers to take a proactive approach to controlling weeds.
First, a burndown of weeds should be done four to six...
Consider weed species, rotational crops and cost per acre in putting together a weed management plan for field corn.
By Dr. Eric P. Prostko
One of the most important aspects of field corn production is weed management. Uncontrolled weeds not only...
Use multiple sites of action to manage/prevent development of herbicide-resistant weeds.
As the spread of resistant weeds continues, the term “site of action” is becoming a factor in managing resistance. It is imperative that growers understand herbicide site of action...
Experts target three key weeds – horseweed,
Palmer amaranth and Italian ryegrass.
By Carroll Smith
With many producers planting corn as early as March or April in the Southern states, they will soon be faced with a host of yield-robbing weeds poised...
Fall/winter residual herbicide application affords
many benefits.
Wet conditions this spring caused many farmers delays during plant-ing. But muddy and flooded fields did not catch everyone off guard. Farmers who applied a residual herbicide in the fall had a head start...
By Carroll Smith
We don’t have a lot of options in cotton and soybeans for managing glyphosate-resistant weeds, but we do have several good pre-emerge and post-emerge herbicide options in corn,” says Bill Williams, LSU AgCenter state weed specialist.
Williams adds...
