At an upcoming waterhemp management plot tour on O’Brien Family Farm in Brooklyn, Wis., I’ll be hearing from Rodrigo Werle, weed scientist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as others as they walk us through their weed suppression research.
Waterhemp has developed resistance to 7 herbicide sites-of-action classes, nearly exhausting the chemical tools farmers can use to defend their livelihood.
While herbicides remain a primary tactic to manage many weed species, farmers can implement several best management practices to slow resistance development and better control weeds like waterhemp.
For the past two years, we have been participating in a multi-regional U.S. Soybean Board funded experiment that is investigating the effects of planting green on no-till soybean production and management of multiple-resistant waterhemp populations.
Localized populations of these species found on headlands or field margins likely represent a new introduction. Populations that are distributed throughout fields are likely a sign that these species have gone undetected for more than one year.
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During the Sustainable Agriculture Summit in Minneapolis, Minn., Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the president of Field to Market who also farms in Northeast Indiana and Northwest Ohio, shared why it is important for no-tillers and strip-tillers to share their knowledge with other farmers.
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