Weeds
Could Palmer amaranth, the king of resistant weeds and crippler of herbicides, be dethroned by its own sex drive? A herbicide-free technology is under testing and aims to attack pigweed with its own pollen.
A federal appeals court upheld a $25 million judgment and trial verdict finding Roundup caused a California resident’s non-Hodgkin lymphoma, dealing a blow to Bayer’s hopes of limiting legal risk over the weed killer.
Many commonly used herbicides are hard to find, and prices are trending higher. Fungicide availability may also be limited in some cases.
This is the first season for full-scale commercial use by U.S. and Canadian farmers of the technology.
Got Driver Weeds? ‘Drive Em’ Out with Reviton.
Grassy weeds in sorghum have historically been extremely difficult if not impossible to control in-season.
Corteva Agriscience is introducing four Pioneer brand sorghum seed varieties containing the new, non-transgenic Inzen trait this season in the High Plains.
The first documented case of glufosinate resistance in Palmer amaranth has been recorded in northeast Arkansas.
An old concept gets a new chance to combat weeds
More weeds, less yield. Simple math. “We could have had more beans out there if we’d had better control of weeds,” Chip Flory says.