March 2, 2016
Dr. Jason Norsworthy shared this key statement at last month’s Weed Resistance Regional Symposium. He added, “Resistance is not going away. We have got to do […]
January 20, 2016
“Weed resistance is not just soybean issue. Weeds do not discriminate between soybeans, corn, sunflowers, drybeans, or small grains. This is every farmer’s problem now.” – […]
November 3, 2015
From the top of the Eiffel Tower, you can see a long ways! That might seem both obvious and irrelevant to a post about weed resistance. […]
December 5, 2014
No, I’m not going into carpentry. But, some of the advertising I’ve been hearing about soybean seed reminds me of this old line about hammers. There […]
December 3, 2014
With weed resistance rapidly developing throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas, LibertyLink soybeans are gaining increased interest with regional growers. And rightfully so–LibertyLink is an excellent alternative […]
May 1, 2014
Last summer, I saw more fields with weeds in our region than I had ever seen in the past. Weed resistance is a real problem that […]
June 13, 2013
Adam Spelhaug discusses weed control in this edition of Peterson Farms Seed’s Ag Bites video series. A big part of Peterson Farms Seed’s mission is to […]
March 21, 2013
Last week I attended a meeting on the growing threat of Roundup Ready Kochia in central North Dakota. Sponsored jointly by the Carrington Research Extension Center […]
February 21, 2013
Everyone is talking about the importance of using alternative methods of weed resistance management. Every magazine and newspaper we’ve picked up in the past week has […]
February 18, 2013
NDSU has been busy in the labs this winter studying samples of suspected resistant weeds, submitted last fall. They have confirmed nine counties in North Dakota […]
December 19, 2012
When I look back at the 2012 growing season, there are many challenges that we have not had to deal with in most recent years. An […]
May 1, 2012
The subject of this column, three years ago (May 2009), was my advice on whether corn should still be planted this late in May or if […]