Weed Control
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Several calls have come in about an odd looking weed in peanut and cotton fields. At first you will think a grass species is coming up. Then the leaf begins to broaden. We are seeing Tropical Spiderwort and other types of dayflower all over the county. I pulled out the publication below to give several…
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I know many of you are looking for options to cut back or eliminate glyphosate because of cost and availability. I wanted to put out the updated weed control sheets to make sure you all have options. Dr. Prostko suggests using glyphosate in burndown but eliminating its use in season for corn, soybean and of…
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Extension Specialist Eric Prostko put out some comments on alternative weed control in corn for 2022. You can read his points here: I continue to hear much chatter about the shortages/price increases for Roundup (glyphosate) and many other herbicides. Thus, I would like to remind you of some of the options available to field corn growers…
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Several calls have come in lately about a “new” weed that hay producers are seeing. It is not new, but it may be new to them. Thistles are winter annuals or biennials depending on the particular species you have. There are several different thistles that we see in our area; bull thistle, milk thistle, and…
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Each year our specialist put together a weed control sheet for row crops. I will post them as a picture below. If you need a better quality image for printing click download beside the sheet.
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Wheat Planting is near: Check out the Production Guide and Weed Control sheet from UGA.
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Many of you are in the field planting corn or are getting ready to as soon as you can. This weed control reference sheet was given out by Eric Prostko at our Row Crop Weed Control Meeting. But if you missed it or would like to have access to it online here it is: