Pigweed, also known as amaranth, has multiple personalities and can even be eaten! If you want to get rid of this weed, here's what to do.

Pigweed, sometimes known as amaranth, can cause trouble in all kinds of places. Follow our tips to prevent and eliminate this ...

Pigweed is prolific. Each plant produces between 250,000 to 1.5 million seeds. With that many seeds, pigweed can easily crowd out row crops and take profits from producers.

A single pigweed plant of this type can grow 10 feet tall and produce a million seeds in one growing season so that the potential for weedy invasion of enormous stretches of farmland is real.

A dandelion may produce 15,000 seeds per year, purslane more than 52,000, while pigweed can leave behind over 117,000, according to Colorado State University Extension horticulturists.

“Narrow-windrow burning destroys all weed seed within the chaff,” he says. “It is a highly effective means of managing the soil seed bank, especially resistant pigweed.” ...

Significantly, Farmer found an average of 18 pigweed seeds (either Palmer or waterhemp) in each duck harvested during 2014-15. The USFWS estimated a population of 48.4 million breeding ducks in 2016.

A dandelion may produce 15,000 seeds per year, purslane more than 52,000, while pigweed can leave behind over 117,000, according to Colorado State University Extension horticulturists.

Pigweed is one of the most wide-spread weed species in Delaware and the region, infesting vegetable crops as well as grain crops. Pigweed is capable of quickly becoming the dominant species in a field ...

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 ...

Pigweed is prolific. Each plant produces between 250,000 to 1.5 million seeds. With that many seeds, pigweed can easily crowd out row crops and take profits from producers.