integratedweedmanagement

Sarah, Joe, and Mandy review the topics and highlights of the first season of full length podcasts and share a vision for the future of the podcast. A listener survey is announced.

In part 2 of our cover crop conversation, Mandy and Sarah visit with Trey Hill of Harborview Farms in Maryland about his experiences with cover crops. 

Cover crops are such a hot topic that we're going to spend two episodes on the subject. In part 1, Mandy and Sarah visit with Kevin Bradley from the University of Missouri to discuss what the research says about weed management with cover crops. 

Joe and Mandy visit with Mark VanGessel from the University of Delaware, who was the first to confirm glyphosate-resistant marestail (horseweed) in the US. The discussion focuses on how wind helps marestail move long distances and offers some tips for control. 

Sarah and Mandy talk with Iowa State Weed Scientist Bob Hartzler about managing the soil weed seed bank. 

Mandy and Sarah visit with Mark Loux, from Ohio State University to talk about the best time to use preemergence herbicides and other topics related to rotating herbicides to manage herbicide resistant weeds.

Joe and Sarah visit with agronomists Jason Hanson and Kyle Okke about managing weeds in diverse crop rotations. 

Lee Briese joins Joe and Sarah to discuss practical aspects of integrated weed management, including tillage cover crops. 

Joe, Sarah, and Mandy have a wide-ranging discussion about why we don't have a 'silver bullet' for weed management and what that means for recommendations and research.

Sarah, Joe, and Mandy give a quick overview of their backgrounds and goals for War Against Weeds