Marestail was one of the earliest weeds to become glyphosate-tolerant, and that resistance continues to make it tricky for farmers to manage. With rising spring temperatures, marestail is bolting fast ...

The bad news? Marestail is a problematic weed lurking in many fields. The good news? There are several control options, according to Kansas State University Extension specialists Dallas Peterson and ...

Planting with no pre-emerge herbicides or residuals is a dance through a minefield, particularly in an age of herbicide resistance. Far from formulaic, every grower’s approach to preplanting chemical ...

Finale ® VU is a non-selective contact herbicide that has a unique mode of action for hard-to-control weeds, including glyphosate- and sulfonylurea-resistant species such as marestail, fleabane and ...

For the past three years marestail populations east of the Mississippi River have exhibited resistance to glyphosate, the active ingredient in many popular herbicides, including Roundup. In 2002 the ...

Marestail and pigweed are some of the most dreaded weeds for crop producers across North Central Kansas, especially when they grow in soybean fields. Controlling these weeds, before they reach four ...

One of the most important factors that determines the success of a dryland sorghum crop is the amount of water stored in the soil profile prior to planting. In dry years, 1 inch of available soil ...

Marestail has quickly established itself as the number one problem weed in soybean production. Marestail (Conyza canadensis) is a native annual plant belonging to the aster family. A mature plant is ...

Marestail . . . if you frequent farm stores you’ve heard people talking about how hard it is to kill. If you’ve been to a lawn and garden store, it’s the one they call, “that bushy leafed weed that ...

Central Illinois corn farmer Jerry McCulley refills his sprayer with the weed killer glyphosate on a farm near Auburn. A handful of hardy weeds have adapted to survive glyphosate — sold as Roundup and ...

At a crop management workshop last month, I heard something I never dreamed I would hear during my career. A few farmers in southern Indiana were hiring workers to pull weeds in soybean fields last ...