Layer On The Residuals For Effective Season-Long Weed Management
⋅ BY AMANDA HUBER & PRATAP DEVKOTA, UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA EXTENSION WEED SPECIALIST ⋅
Editor’s Note: The 2023 Panhandle Row Crop Short Course at the Jackson County Extension office in Marianna, Florida,...
Planting into a weed-free field, applying residual herbicides and knocking back that first weed flush reduces competition and yield loss.
• By Amanda Huber •
A big part of getting the crop off to a good start is managing weeds. The...
Check out the 2021 Peanut Grower Pesticide Guide. It includes updates to the Disease Risk Index as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.
In the middle of a pandemic, the news was all abuzz, pun intended, about murder hornets. The invasive Asian giant hornet had been found in the Pacific Northwest. Despite the ominous nickname given this insect, within days I saw...
Have plant geneticists found the key to Palmer amaranth’s glyphosate resistance?
Just hearing “pigweed” can cause fear in row-crop farmers, but Clemson University geneticist Chris Saski and other researchers believe they have discovered the armor this dreaded weed uses to...
There are several key issues to address in May. The first is establishing an adequate stand of five plants per foot of row and then protecting those plants from stresses early in the season. Peanuts are resilient and can...
New Postemergence Herbicide
FMC has expanded the label of Anthem Flex herbicide to include at-cracking and postemergence applications in peanuts. Anthem Flex herbicide provides long residual control of grasses and small-seeded broadleaf weeds with burndown activity on emerged broadleaf weeds....
Row crop commodity prices have been low due to COVID-19 and the lack of demand. Peanut prices were at $418 a ton in the second week of April. To survive low commodity prices and global economic uncertainties, farmers will...
Planting into a weed-free field, applying residual herbicides and knocking back that first weed flush reduces competition and yield loss.
• By Amanda Huber •
A big part of getting the crop off to a good start is managing weeds. The...
2019 was not a banner year in Alabama, and many are glad it is behind us. The extreme heat and drought reduced yield and income, particularly because of the increase in Seg 3s. Acreage was down to 156,000, and...
• By Emi Kimura, James Grichar, Pete Dotray and Josh McGinty, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension •
Best management practices for peanut production include effective season-long weed management. The four weed management principles in peanut production are:
1. Start clean.
2. Use residual...
Check out the 2020 Peanut Grower Pesticide Management Guide. It includes updates to the Disease Risk Index as well as Insect Management and Weed Management sections.
It’s January once again, and that means it’s time for the Peanut Grower’s Pesticide Guide. The guide continues to include sections on identifying common diseases, insects and weeds found in peanuts. Pest management begins with correct identification of the...
A proactive approach using diverse weed-control tactics is the most effective way to manage herbicide resistance. Early detection leads to easier management and decreases the potential spread of the resistant biotype.
Unfortunately, because resistant plants and susceptible plants look alike,...
Scouting is the best way to find problems before it is too late.
• By Amanda Huber •
Rainfall or irrigation is needed in peanut production for many reasons, including activation of pest products. With the lack of moisture in the early...
