Multi-year approach to weed management

Farmers continue to manage weeds with a multi-year approach.

Winfield United agronomist Andy Schmidt says herbicide-resistance makes planning ahead essential.

“My strategy is looking at the current weed spectrum I’m working with.  Do I have giant ragweed (or) marestail?  Am I no-till or working my ground?”

He tells Brownfield weeds are becoming more detrimental to a farmers’ bottom line.

“So we’ve got to think about what’s the right herbicide, the right effective mode of action for that particular field, and controlling those weeds. 

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