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Spring Into Action Against Early-Season Weeds

April 8, 2024 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Crop Protection

Early planting gives soybeans a competitive edge in capturing light and moisture over problematic weeds like marestail, which thrive in no-till and reduced-tillage environments.

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Corteva Launches Enversa Herbicide

February 29, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Corteva's Enversa herbicide received EPA approval in December 2023 and is expected to be available for use on soybeans, cotton, corn, sorghum, peanuts and sugar beets in the 2025 growing season.

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Effective Weed Control Without Dicamba

February 29, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

After a U.S. District Court vacated the registrations of certain dicamba herbicides, growers must find new ways to manage their weed control through a 3 step process.

Why Don't More Farmers No-Till & Plant Cover Crops?

February 24, 2024 | Posted in No-Till Farming 101

Source: Farm Progress

Get 10, 100 or 1,000 farmers together who believe no-till and cover crops are the right way to farm. This question will come up: How can we get more people to change their attitudes about no-till and cover crops?

Glyphosate's Declining Weed Suppressing Capabilities Over 25 Years

By Lauren Quinn posted on February 21, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: ACES NEWS Illinois

Although glyphosate provided superior weed control in the early years, most of the weeds in the dataset showed signs of adaptation to the chemical in just two to three years.

Bayer, AgPlenus Collaborating on New Weed Control Solution

February 21, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

The 2 companies will collaborate to optimize new molecules, identified by AgPlenus and tested by Bayer, into commercially viable herbicide candidates.

BASF Announces EPA Approval of Surtain Herbicide

February 14, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: BASF

Surtain herbicide, the first solid encapsulated premix formulated product on the market, has received registration from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and is now approved for use, subject to state approvals.

Study Shows Repeated Glyphosate Accelerates Weed Resistance

January 22, 2024 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: High Plains Journal

The study says the data show a rapid falling-off of glyphosate effectiveness against seven major weeds after the first couple of years. The authors conclude that intensive use of any one weedkiller like glyphosate year-after-year serves to speed up evolution in weeds to resist it.

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No-Tiller Uses AI-Powered Sprayer to Fight Weeds in Dry Climate

June 30, 2023 | Posted in Crop Protection, Precision Agriculture

Source: Greeneye

The Arthaud family has been farming its land, located in the Panhandle region of Oklahoma, for more than a century. They adopted the Greeneye system to extend the benefits of precision spraying to green-on-green applications, and to continue to suppress increasingly resistant weeds while remaining no-till.

Narrow Rows & Cover Crops Help with Weed Control in Soybeans

May 26, 2023 | Posted in Cover Crops

Source: GROW IWM

If your soybean herbicide program needs a new wingman or two, Justine Fisher has two suggestions: cover crops and narrow soybean rows.

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