Listen to this morning’s extension corner: This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist with Nebraska Extension for Dodge and Washington counties. Besides marestail, waterhemp is one of the most challenging weeds to control in soybeans. This past week, we saw some waterhemp plants grow as much as 8 inches. Most soybean fields have been […] Continue reading → 
This is Dr. Nathan Mueller, your local agronomist for Nebraska Extension. It has been a challenging spring due to the frequency of rain that caused the soybean crop to get off to a late start. On top of that we added some weed issues in our soybean crop, specifically marestail also called horseweed this year. […] 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 → 
I’m going to talk about noxious weeds a little bit early, as recent rains and warm temperatures may move up the time to control them this year. If you are not ready, you can miss the window when you can most effectively control noxious weeds… in the spring. Fall is the best time to control […] 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 →