Glyphosate-resistant marestail has infested about 2.2 million acres in Nebraska. Marestail is difficult to control due to its emergence pattern. Marestail primarily emerges in the fall though some ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A warmer than usual winter might lead to a higher population of marestail than previous years. Because these conditions favor the weed, it’s important to gain control early before it steals yield.

Marestail primarily emerges in the fall though some will emerge from late March through early June, escaping herbicide applications and making it difficult to control. This is the time of year when ...

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 ...

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 ...

Marestail or horseweed (Erigeron canadensis) is a challenging weed to manage in no-till or minimum-till cropping systems. This weed is classified as a winter annual, but it germinates well into spring ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Using a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Using a diverse herbicide application strategy may increase production costs, but a five-year Purdue University study shows the practice will drastically reduce weeds and seeds ...