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Pulse School: Herbicide layering makes the most of in- and out-of-season weed control

Real Agriculture

Controlling weed populations in fields destined for pulse crops is complicated by a few factors, including pulse sensitivity to carryover, poor early crop competition, and herbicide-resistant problem weeds.

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Poll: When it rains, it pours — what’s your biggest agronomic challenge right now?

Real Agriculture

Carryover damage. It’s officially summer and that means the crop is growing rapidly (we hope!), but it also means each crop stage brings a new set of challenges to overcome. Wild weeds. Cutworm feeding. What’s the biggest agronomic challenge facing you right now?

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Pulse School: Assessing herbicide carryover risk

Real Agriculture

Once applied, herbicide active ingredients that land on the soil surface are broken down by soil microbes. Those microbes require moisture and warmth to chew through and neutralize the herbicide. When in-season water is limited, those active ingredients can stay in the soil, sometimes for years.

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Agronomists Worry Moisture Deficits Will Contribute To Herbicide Carryover

AgWeb Farm Journal

While you can't make Mother Nature send rain, you can review crop-rotation restrictions on chemistries you applied last year. Knowing that information can guide what crop you plant where this spring.

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Corn price prospects with 2-billion-bushel carryover

Western FarmPress

As 2023 comes to a close, it's not too early to evaluate pricing opportunities for the 2024 corn crop given projections and forecasts around acres, yield, and use.

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Weather stacked odds against pecan crop

Western FarmPress

Drought could have carryover effect into next year.

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Dry winter? Here’s how to deal with herbicide carryover

Western FarmPress

Know your risk, adjust your strategy, safeguard your crops.

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