As most of you are aware, we are monitoring the dicamba and Xtend soybean situation fairly closely. There have been a number of articles in the press recently regarding drift complaints and acreage affected in other states.
Bill Johnson
Many people have commented that we have the best stands of corn and soybean across the state that we have seen in many years.
After a delayed start to our planting season, we were able to plant both corn and soybean across the state in record or near-record time during May. This coincided with our hottest May on record, which was also dry in many areas of the state.
We’ve received several calls this year about reduced herbicide efficacy, specifically with glyphosate and glyphosate mixtures when sprayed either during cool temperatures or just after a cold spell.
Every year we get several cases of herbicide drift from burndown applications on homeowner trees, shrubs, flowers, and vegetables.
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There has been increasingly growing interest in utilizing cover crops in our corn and soybean production systems over the last several years.
Crop planting has progressed at an amazing pace over the last week. Many of these acres will also receive soil applied, residual herbicides for control of germinating weed seedlings. Soil applied pre-emergent herbicides require moisture for activation.
Every spring we receive several calls and e-mails about a certain 3-foot tall weed with yellow flowers. Cressleaf groundsel will once again be in full bloom across the entire state of Indiana in many no-till fields and pastures.
With a promising extended forecast, we may finally get a lot of field work done around the state. With planting and spray season upon us, we decided it was a good time to test some of the weather prediction tools that have been advertised throughout the winter.
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