By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 6:20 PM

Tuesday, May 16, 2006: The Agronomy Department is excited to announce that Dr. Mark Renz will be joining the Department this August as our new Extension Weed Scientist.

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By WCM Staff on 5/16/2006 6:20 PM

In most years, I worry about herbicides being applied to corn that is too tall. This year’s rainy weather may actually create the opposite situation.

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By WCM Staff on 5/4/2006 3:41 PM

Although I sometimes sense agri-professionals and growers get tired of information on herbicide-resistant weeds, I thought two recent events justify this article.

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By WCM Staff on 4/27/2006 8:59 PM

UW Pest Management Field Day - This is a pre-announcement of our third annual Pest Management Field Day so you can mark your calendars. The field day will be held on Tuesday, June 27 at the Arlington Ag Research Station. Also - Soybean Burndown Addition - and - Crop Rotational Restrictions

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By WCM Staff on 4/21/2006 4:23 PM

Weed scientist from across the North Central region are preparing a series of bulletins to address concerns about glyphosate-resistant weeds under the GWC (Glyphosate, Weeds, and Crops) Series title. I have just received the first two bulletins on the biology and management of horseweed and wild buckwheat.

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By WCM Staff on 4/21/2006 4:21 PM

The recent warm weather and rain is bringing a good crop of winter annual weeds to life and early summer annual weeds will be right behind. In no-till fields, it is important to apply an effective burndown treatment to control these weeds at planting, even if the crop being planted is Roundup Ready.

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By WCM Staff on 4/18/2006 4:33 PM

Camix and Lumax have been labeled for use on processing and fresh market sweet corn. Camix is a premixture of the ingredients in Callisto (mesotrione) and Dual II Magnum (s-metolachlor).

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By WCM Staff on 4/17/2006 4:34 PM

At our Pest Management Update Meetings in the fall of 2005, I asked our audience to name their most troublesome weed in corn and soybeans on our evaluation form.

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