Many corn and soybean crops are getting beyond the growth stage for a post-herbicide application. From the Penn State University Extension, here's how to be aware of application restrictions if the crop is being harvested for silage, forage, grazing or grain.

Growers who decide to terminate their wheat crop this spring because of poor stands or recent weather-related damage need to consider crop rotation restrictions relative to any herbicides that may have been applied to the wheat.

Chemists and microbiologists at Tübingen University in Germany have discovered a sugar molecule that inhibits the growth of plants and microorganisms and appears to be harmless to human cells. Could this be an alternative to controversial glyphosate?

Meade McDonald, product marketing lead for insecticides at Syngenta, talks about how the new formulation of Force 6.5G insecticide allows corn growers to get across nearly twice the acres as the old formulation and where no-tillers might find the best payoff with using a granular corn insecticide.

Andy Fordice, category leader for Enlist herbicides, talks about the recent launch of the Enlist weed control system for corn, including the new choline formulation of 2,4-D in Enlist One and Enlist Duo and the addition of Assure II as a tool against grasses and volunteer corn. Fordice also addresses how the Enlist soybean system gives no-tillers a tool to control tough weeds in-crop with 2,4-D, glyphosate and glufosinate.

Jody Wynia, U.S. Soybean marketing manager for BASF, discusses the reasons behind the growth in usage of Credenz soybeans by U.S. farmers, as well as the new varieties being launched that have herbicide tolerance to both Liberty herbicide (glufosinate) and glyphosate.