Crops

Controlling weeds in corn. A new mode of action. Name change.

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Picture perfect

By: by Rhonda Brooks

Agrichemical companies continue to search for the ultimate, all-in-one herbicide to address farmers' weed-control needs. The perfect herbicide, according...

Herbicide helper

Effective weed control may be one of the most important components of a successful farm, but it is also one of the hardest to attain. Pocket Herb, a software...

''Seeing'' weeds

By: Joan Olson

Weed sensors will lead to targeted herbicide applications.

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Targeting topography

By: Gil Gullickson

Knowing the location and the amount of weeds present could someday affect how you buy and apply herbicides. Ever wish you could stump one of those smooth-talking...

Buyer's market

By: Wayne Wenzel

Soybean herbicides 2001...

Reduced rate limbo

Herbicide reps tend to shake their heads at farmers who try to get by with below-label herbicide rates. Because the companies usually price by the acre,...

Revival of the fittest

By: Rhonda J. Brooks

Evolving formulas in 2000 included glyphosate and revamped products. Last year the glyphosate race continued as companies jockeyed for position with look-alike...

Slow your wild oats

By: Wayne Wenzel

The toughest weed to control in wheat is also the toughest on yields.Wild oat, Aventa fatua, is a bad weed. Distinguished from cultivated oats by a round...