Weed Spotlight: Waterhemp September 5, 2025 - From Issue: 761 By: Helen Angelina Nocito and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: common waterhemp, tall waterhemp Latin name: Amaranthus tuberculatus Family: Amaranthaceae (pigweed family) General description and identification Waterhemp is an upright, tall, summer annual herbaceous plant. It is native[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Weed Management Methods for Small Farms July 11, 2025 - From Issue: 757 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Weeds are one of the most persistent and costly challenges in agriculture. Yield losses due to weeds can be severe, and weed management options are often limited, especially for organic[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Mechanical weed control Weed Management
Pumpkin Weed Management FAQs June 26, 2025 - From Issue: 756 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Across the state of Indiana and the country, the first pumpkin and winter squash plants of the season are popping up out of the ground. It is a time of[Read More…] Article Categories: Pumpkins Squash Article Tags: Herbicide Injury Weed Management
Mechanical Weed Control Field Day at the University of Kentucky – September 23 June 13, 2025 - From Issues: 755 / 756 / 759 By: Alexis Sheffield Read More I’m excited to share that the University of Kentucky Center for Crop Diversification (UK CCD) and the Organic Association of Kentucky (OAK) are partnering with Glacial Drift Enterprises to host[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Field Day Mechanical weed control Weed Management
Performance of Strawberries on Black vs. White Plastic Mulches in Indiana May 16, 2025 - From Issue: 753 By: Wenjing Guan, Jeanine Arana and Stephen Meyers Read More From 2022-2024, we evaluated the performance 15 strawberry cultivars grown in plasticulture system using black and white-on-black plastic mulches (Figure 1) at two locations: Southwest Purdue Agricultural Center in Vincennes,[Read More…] Article Categories: Strawberry Article Tags: Plasticulture Weed Management
Midwestern Regional Climate Center Launches New Experimental Weed Emergence Scouting Tool May 2, 2025 - From Issue: 752 By: Austin Pearson Read More Midwestern farmers have faced a buildup of pesticide resistance in pigweeds (waterhemp and Palmer amaranth), highlighting the importance of scouting to detect weeds early in their growth stages. Otherwise, weed[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Climate and Weather MRCC Weed Management
Sharpen® Herbicide Now Labeled For Use in Mint in Select States March 12, 2025 - From Issue: 749 By: Stephen Meyers Read More A new supplemental label allows for Sharpen® herbicide to be applied to mint in Idaho, Indiana, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, and Wisconsin. This registration follows several years of field trials conducted[Read More…] Article Categories: Mint Article Tags: Weed Management
Weed Sptolight: Common Ragweed August 23, 2024 - From Issue: 743 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: Common ragweed, annual ragweed, hogweed, hay-fever weed, Roman wormweed, and bitterweed. Latin name: Ambrosia artemisiifolia L. “Ambrosia” is from Greek mythology and refers to the food or drink[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
Weed Spotlight: Common Purslane August 7, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Celia Corado and Stephen Meyers Read More Common names: purslane, pusley, pursley, wild portulaca, common portulaca, little hooweed, low pigweed Latin name: Portulaca oleracea L. Family: Portulacaceae (Purslane family) Life Cycle Common purslane is a summer annual[Read More…] Article Categories: Vegetable Crops – General Article Tags: Spotlight Weed Management
New Anthem® Flex Supplemental Herbicide Label for Mint and Potatoes August 6, 2024 - From Issue: 742 By: Stephen Meyers Read More Earlier this year, FMC released a supplemental label for Anthem® Flex herbicide that includes additional uses for potatoes and mint. Anthem® Flex is a premix product containing pyroxasulfone (the active[Read More…] Article Categories: Mint Solanaceous Crops Potatoes Article Tags: Weed Management
