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Fighting early-season weeds

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For no-till farmers this planting season, Michigan State University Weed Scientist Christy Sprague recommends combating horseweed, or marestail, with a good burndown herbicide. She says glyphosate-resistant horseweed is becoming more of an issue,  “Really in order to get good control we need to have an effective burndown herbicide.”

Sprague says last year’s planting season had a late start and farmers that didn’t control early-season weeds ran into major problems later in the season.

Sprague says the United Soybean Board has helped fund a project combating herbicide-resistant weeds. She says Take Action is an industry-wide partnership that helps farmers find state specific solutions to glyphosate-resistant weeds. Sprague says farmers can visit www.takeactiononweeds.com to identify weeds and find best management practices for their farm.

AUDIO: Interview with Christy Sprague (3:02 mp3):

 

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