RICHLAND, Wash. – The Japanese beetle infestation is growing exponentially in Washington as state officials work to keep the invasive species at bay. Thursday afternoon, July 28, the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) confirmed a Japanese beetle catch found in Richland, more than 35 miles east of the current proposed quarantine zone in Grandview. Earlier this […]

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cereal rye as a cover crop may reduce waterhemp populations without yield loss in soybean, according to a three-year study at the University of Missouri. MU Extension weed specialist Mandy Bish and a team of researchers studied how planting soybean into living cereal rye—”planting green”—and then terminating the cereal rye affected biomass […]

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Waterhemp is a new weed to North Carolina. It looks a lot like the other pigweeds- redroot pigweed and Palmer amaranth. Waterhemp often already has herbicide resistance. This short video will give you some pointers in identifying tall waterhemp so you can achieve the weed control you desire. Pigweed Identification: Waterhemp For […]