Diflufenican: New AI for Corn and Soybean Growers Targets Pigweed, Waterhemp The molecule will give farmers a new tool in the ongoing battle to control these two broadleaf weeds, especially those ...

Pigweed, also known as Palmer Amaranth, is a pesky pain to passels of farmers. But that weed and others are just part of the game to Dale Strickler, agronomist for Green Cover Seed, of Bladen ...

A word of caution to rice growers: the herbicide fluridone has become a valuable tool in fighting Palmer pigweed, but it can cause injury to some rice cultivars, depending on when it is used.

Pigweed patrols are a devil-I-know farming practice. A driver weed with no equals, Palmer amaranth has changed the chemical game and forced producers into the rows to chase down escapes. Hand ...

Pigweed: A Genetically ... It's ability to rapidly grow, our inability to control it economically and effectively, it's ability to produce a bunch of seed. It is a genetically diverse monster.

Sometimes you have to get your hands dirty. One of the best ways to get rid of weeds such as pigweed is through hand removal.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: There's a weed in Arkansas that can put a farmer out of business. It's called pigweed. You get one plant in your field, and that one plant can produce more than a million seeds.

Control Strategies for Group 2 Herbicide Resistant Pigweed in Lima Beans. AVOID ALS-RESISTANT PIGWEED WITH CAREFUL FIELD SELECTION. If possible, do not plant lima beans in fields known to be infested ...

Pigweed found in Mississippi and Tennessee has recently proven to be resistant to a different group of herbicides, further limiting control options for this weed.

Joe Ikley, North Dakota State University Extension weed specialist, conducted trials in edible fields near Fargo, North Dakota, and in Barnes County, North Dakota, on herbicide resistant pigweed.

In recent years pigweed has developed resistance to products that in the past had kept it in check. Some pigweed plants basically were immune to the chemicals previously used to control it.

Fluridone widens Palmer pigweed control options for rice growers, but stick to the label Two-year study offers insight on rice cultivar tolerance to newly registered herbicide ...