A PASTURE phase in a crop rotation provides many benefits, including the opportunity to reduce annual grass weed populations and manage herbicide resistance. Delta Agribusiness senior farm advisor Tim ...

Farmers routinely tackle tough weed problems in corn and soybeans, understanding that crops yield better with less competition for moisture, nutrients and sunlight. The same is true for forages, ...

Nebraska Extension is set to launch a six-part webinar series in February 2026 aimed at equipping ranchers, landowners, and ...

Here are some tips to control some of the common weeds in pastures: • Bitterweed — Spray bitterweed before it flowers. Bitterweed readily is controlled with 2,4-D amine at 1 to 2 pints/A applied in ...

Anyone that has pastures has weeds. Sometimes it is not economical to control them ,but many times it is. Whether it is mowing, fertilizing, reseeding or using a herbicide, many options exist for ...

Don Driscoll receives funding from the ARC Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions and the National Environmental Research Program Environmental Decisions Hub. Jane Catford receives funding ...

Canada thistle was probably introduced to America around 1750 and the state of Vermont enacted noxious weed legislation against it in 1795. It was proclaimed a noxious weed in Nebraska in 1873.

Many new plant varieties that are sold for livestock pasture pose a weed risk that jeopardizes their purpose — the sustainable intensification of agriculture — by increasing the environmental costs of ...

While the rains came as a blessing after a long dry spell, herders in the county are worried about insufficient pasture as a result of an invasive weed that has affected thousands of acres of land.

Amy Barkley and Josh Putman, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s SWNY livestock and field crops specialists, will present virtual classes on pasture management on Thursday evenings starting Feb. 25.