Listen to the on-air recording: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington Counties. As you begin to prepare for soybean planting, burndown herbicide programs are still be finalized and some are already applied. Spring burndown of broadleaf winter annual weeds such as field pennycress, henbit, marestail, shepherd’s-purse, […] Continue reading → 
One important issue facing many Nebraska farms this growing season is the challenge of dealing with herbicide resistant weeds. While not a new issue, herbicide resistance in weeds has increasingly become a struggle for many parts of the United States and in Nebraska. The discovery of multiple weed species with resistance to glyphosate, or the […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. It has been a busy week for spraying burndown and soil applied herbicides. Winter annual weeds such as tansy mustard, field pennycress, and henbit had good growth with the warmer than normal March. Let’s answer three questions for you in the next minute. First, […] Continue reading →