News
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Options for controlling volunteer potatoes
Published on April 2, 2020
Volunteer potatoes can be hard to manage. Here are a few options for control and daughter tuber suppression.
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MSU Herbicide School offered in Washtenaw County
Published on March 9, 2020
This meeting will aid growers and crop consultants in making wiser decisions regarding herbicide use and reducing weed pressure in prevented planting acres.
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Field Crops Webinar Series: Weed management challenges that lurk for 2020
Published on February 18, 2020
The third webinar in the series will cover several options on how to best manage problem weeds, such as horseweed (marestail) and waterhemp, as the next crop season fast approaches.
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2020 Weed Control Guide
Published on January 17, 2020
The 2020 MSU Weed Control Guide for field crops is now available online
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Be sure to check out our recently updated Factsheets
Published on December 5, 2019
Herbicide Options for Cover Crops Interseeded in Corn, Herbicide-resistant horseweed (marestail) in Michigan: Keys to management in no-till soybean and, Keys to management of multiple-resistant Palmer amaranth and waterhemp in soybean, corn and alfalfa.
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Trouble controlling weeds? Submit seeds for herbicide resistance screening.
Published on October 23, 2019
Submit seeds to MSU Plant & Pest Diagnostics to determine if herbicide resistance is impacting your farm.
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Fall weed control reminders on late and prevent plant acres
Published on October 16, 2019
Recommendations for fall 2019 weed control that will set the stage for successful spring 2020 weed control
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Field Crops Virtual Breakfast to discuss submitting weeds suspected of herbicide resistance for screening
Published on August 26, 2019
Herbicide resistance is becoming more prevalent across Michigan. Consider collecting seeds from your troublesome weed species if you suspect they are resistant to the herbicides you use.
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Weed control in late planted corn
Published on July 18, 2019
Make weed control in late planted corn a priority.
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Horseweed (marestail) control options in fallow prevent plant fields
Published on July 16, 2019
Weed control needs to be a priority in non-planted fields this summer to prevent future weed problems.
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Weed control recommendations for late and prevented planting
Published on June 11, 2019
Due to delayed planting this spring, many critical weed control decisions to be made on planted acres or those that will be planted soon and prevented planting acres.
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2019 status of herbicide-resistant weeds in Michigan
Published on May 1, 2019
PPO inhibitor (Group 14) herbicide resistance in Palmer amaranth was confirmed in 2018 as other herbicide resistance issues continue to spread.
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2019 MSU Weed Control Guide for Field Crops is available
Published on April 18, 2019
Important weed control reference available at MSU Extension Bookstore.
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Field Crops Virtual Breakfast focuses on early-season weed control
Published on April 18, 2019
MSU Extension’s Field Crop Virtual Breakfast kicks off the 2019 growing season April 25 with a discussion on early-season weed control with Christy Sprague.
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2018 Weed Tour Book
Published on June 27, 2018
2018 MSU Weed Tour Book from the June 27th Weed's Day
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Cover Crop Termination bulletin
Published on March 30, 2018
Developing a termination strategy for cover crops is an essential part of the planning process to ensure there is no interference with the planting or management of the subsequent cash crop.
