An Illinois-based agronomist with FMC Corporation says late season weed control can improve yield and prevent the spread of resistant weeds.
Nick Hustedde says this is especially important as farmers face low commodity prices.
“The key thing is minimizing the number of escapes you might have because when you’re dealing with pigweeds like waterhemp and palmer amaranth they’re prolific seed producers,” he says. “They can produce an excess of 250,000 seeds per female plant and that really increase the soil seed bank very rapidly”
Audio: Nick Hustedde, FMC Corporation
He tells Brownfield a dry spring in the Eastern Corn Belt made early-season weed management a challenge.
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