Controlling waterhemp is one topic at the University of Minnesota Extension’s Small Grains Update meetings. Extension Crops Educator Jared Goplen says small grains can help with waterhemp suppression. “Small grains are a competitive crop and this makes it really hard for the weed to get established, because it’s trying to grow in a big, shaded canopy. That’s a benefit to getting to work on this weed management.” Goplen encouraged attendees at Small Grain Update meetings to consider all of the benefits of adding small grains to the rotation. “Weed control or getting on top of other pests like Soybean Cyst Nematode.”
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