NORTH MANKATO — Tennessee farmers thought Roundup was a white knight riding in to save them from ALS weed resistance. Instead, Roundup was a loan that's coming due with interest. That's how University ...
Growers will meet in Boise Dec. 4 for the University of Idaho Sugar Beet Conference covering Palmer amaranth, pesticide rules, pests, research updates and more.
Palmer amaranth - voted the most troublesome weed in the United States by the Weed Science Society of America - has made its way to North Dakota. The weed, also known as Palmer pigweed, recently was ...
If you think waterhemp is bad, you don’t want to meet its close cousin Palmer amaranth. For the past decade, glyphosate-resistant populations of this pigweed-on-steroids have plagued southern cotton ...
Meet Palmer Pigweed. Palmer’s a hearty fellow. He’s capable of growing 2 to 4 inches per day until he’s 8 feet tall. His weed stalk is as thick as a man’s wrist and tough enough to damage farm ...
For years growers have been hearing about this super weed, nicknamed Satin, that has been infesting southern and midwestern states for the past 12 years. They’ve heard horror stories about how it can ...
Pigweed patrols are a devil of a farming practice. In the form of chopping, pulling, or eyeballing and marking, hand weeding is a costly headache, but total reliance on a shrinking arsenal of ...
Palmer amaranth, aka careless-weed: Topping out at up to 10 feet tall, mechanical cultivation, flame-weeding and hand-pulling are the only effective means of control ...
Palmer amaranth is a high-impact agronomic weed species that has cost the U.S. agriculture industry billions of dollars since its discovery outside of its native range in the southwestern United ...
An invasive plant that’s been called “The King of Weeds” and the “most troublesome weed” in the U.S. has now arrived in Connecticut, according to worried scientists at the Connecticut Agricultural ...