Palmer amaranth may already be popping up in North Dakota fields. NDSU Extension Weed Scientist Joe Ikley looked at two different fields in the last two weeks, one in Benson County and the other in Nelson County. “I walked fields and found plants that looked like Palmer amaranth. Samples have been collected and sent to the lab to confirm if it’s Palmer. We want to confirm before we put an action plan in place.” Palmer amaranth was first identified in North Dakota last summer. “If there is any Palmer out there it’s probably taller than we can control with herbicides. Now we have to pay attention to the pigweed seed heads as they start trying to reproduce. If this goes through a combine, we’d have more messes in fields next year.”
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