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Tankmix Now To Preserve Glyphosate Effectiveness

June 6, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Dwight Lingenfelter and Bill Curran, PSU Weed Science, Penn State University

With many acres of Roundup Ready crops being planted, properly managing herbicides, especially glyphosate, to prevent resistance is always a challenge.

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Legal Action Filed Over Dicamba, 2,4-D Crops

June 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

A coalition of 2,000 U.S. farmers and food companies is trying to force government regulators to analyze potential problems with 2,4-D- and dicamba-tolerant biotech crops being developed by Dow AgroSciences and Monsanto Co.

Surviving The Weed Crisis: Life Beyond Glyphosate

For no-tillers to preserve their way of farming, they’ll need more diverse weed-control programs that include the use of residual herbicides.

By John Dobberstein posted on May 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

With hundreds of no-tillers looking on, Bryan Young showed no-tillers last winter some PowerPoint slides that spelled out a troubling end game: In state after state, glyphosate-resistant weeds have been winning the battle for crop acres.

Perfecting And Expanding A Mature No-Till System

Building on his father’s no-till success, Kevin Trunnell is improving herbicide programs and reducing tillage in vegetable production.

By Martha Mintz posted on April 1, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

A father-son team in Kentucky with more than four decades of no-till experience is still finding ways to put conservation tillage to good use.

No-Tillers Soak Up Knowledge During Record 20th NNTC

Cover crops, soil health, planter and drill performance and glyphosate resistance were popular topics at the milestone conference.

By John Dobberstein posted on March 1, 2012 | Posted in Seeding & Planting

An all-time record crowd took in 4 days of no-till knowledge, tips and discussion as the National No-Tillage Conference celebrated its 20th annual event last month.

Glyphosate-Resistant Kochia Confirmed In Nebraska

January 28, 2012 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: Lowell Sandell, Robert Wilson and Greg Kruger, University of Nebraska

In 2011, work by UNL weed scientists confirmed a population of glyphosate-resistant kochia (Kochia scoparia) in Keith County, Nebraska.

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Resistant Weeds Continue Their March

December 1, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

The 2011 growing season served a grim reminder that the fight against resistant weeds in the U.S. isn’t going well.

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Meeting The Challenges Of Early No-Tilling

Better planter technology, herbicides, hybrids and varieties helped our farming operation overcome early no-till problems.

By Jim Leverich posted on November 1, 2011 | Posted in Seeding & Planting, Equipment, Crop Protection

We’ve been continuously no-tilling corn, soybeans and alfalfa on our farm since the 1980ss. Looking back, I can say it wasn’t as easy to get started back then. The equipment and agronomic tools just weren’t as good as they are today.

Harvest Aids For Soybeans

October 19, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Bill Curran Penn State University

In areas where soybeans are still in the field and weeds still have some gree in them, there is a potential for problems when the combine starts rolling, says Penn State University weed expert Bill Curran.

2,4-D Returns to Fight 21 Glyphosate-Resistant Weeds

October 15, 2011 | Posted in Crop Protection

Source: By Jennifer Shike, University of Illinois

Many might consider 2,4-D a dinosaur, but it may be the best solution for growers fighting weed resistance today, said Dean Riechers, University of Illinois associate professor of weed physiology.

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