Managing weeds with cover crops requires a lot of biomass

A soybean researcher says cover crops can be another mode of action for controlling weeds, but it will take a lot of biomass. Shawn Conley says University of Wisconsin research through weed scientist Rodrigo Werle shows it takes almost five-thousand pounds of dry matter to effectively minimize waterhemp competition with crops.  Conley says one of…Continue Reading

New Bayer Product Launching Soon

Convintro herbicide will target tough-to-control weeds such as water hemp and palmer amaranth. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Jody Gander, the technical manager for crop protection at Bayer Crop Science, explains more. The post New Bayer Product Launching Soon appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.     Continue Reading

Marketing advisor says there might be opportunities for wheat growers

A marketing advisor says there might be some opportunities for farmers growing wheat this year. Matt Bennett from AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield world wheat stocks have been whittled down over the past few years and the top exporter might have weather problems. “You’ve got to understand with that Russian wheat crop going into dormancy in pretty…Continue Reading

NPPC concerned about tariff retaliation

The president of the National Pork Producers Council is concerned about retaliatory tariffs. Lori Stevermer spoke to Brownfield during the Minnesota Pork Congress in Mankato and calls this an interesting time in agriculture. “One thing I think that’s really on peoples’ minds right away is just the tariff discussions, and certainly the concern with retaliatory…Continue Reading

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