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Articles tagged under: kochia

Stage Set for Tough Weed Season

Published April 12, 2026

With all the moisture much of the region has received, farmers could be faced with significant weed pressure. "This is going to be another one of these years where we will have these dense mats of kochia," said Joe Ikley,…
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Kochia, Waterhemp Lead List of Problem Weeds in Region

Published April 3, 2026

Weed resistance remains a worry. Syngenta Agronomic Service Representative Aaron Froemke offers a quick rundown of some of the weeds to keep an eye out for this spring. "Starting off with grasses, you've got your green foxtail, and also wild…
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Waterhemp Pressure Rising After Back-to-Back Wet Seasons

Published February 1, 2026

The fall of 2025 is hanging over the upcoming cropping season. Rock and Roll Agronomy owner Jason Hanson, who is based at Webster, North Dakota, said fall rains left the fields unworkable. "We got hardly any fields fertilized last fall,"…
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Reducing Weed Pressure with Crop Rotation

Published January 21, 2026

During a downtime in the farm economy, weed control remains a must. "In the case of waterhemp, it's putting together three or four good years of waterhemp control in the crop rotation ahead of sugarbeets that we can take advantage…
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Long-Term Strategy Necessary for Kochia Control

Published July 17, 2025

The ability to control kochia continues to be a struggle. WinField United Regional Agronomist Ryan Peterson sees kochia as a problem that just keeps building on itself. "It's not new; it's something we've been battling for the last 25 or 30…
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Broadleaf Weeds Off to Early Start in the Region

Published June 6, 2025

NDSU Extension Weed Specialist Joe Ikley says many weeds have gotten an early start to the year. "Mainly broadleaf weeds like wild buckwheat and common ragweed are up in abundance this year," said Ikley. "They also thrive in cooler conditions,…
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Crops, Weeds Emerge with Warm Weather

Published May 9, 2025

The warm weather has given planting progress a boost across North Dakota. "All crops are being planted right now, but wheat and barley are the farthest along, and some areas were completely done the farther west you go and where…
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Consider All Options

Published January 22, 2025

NDSU Extension Weed Scientist Brian Jenks says kochia is a problem that isn’t going away. Mixing up methods of control is extremely important. "We're kinda running out of options," said Jenks. "We have to consider is every management tactic we can. Some…
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DNA Tools Part of the Fight Against Herbicide Resistance

Published January 22, 2025

The battle over herbicide resistance includes the latest in technology. "We are a diagnostic lab essentially using DNA-based tools to identify pests and pathogens within agriculture," said Zach Bateson, research manager, National Agricultural Genotyping Center. "We have a statewide survey…
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Battling Glyphosate Resistant Weeds

Published January 22, 2025

For NDSU/University of Minnesota Extension Sugarbeet Agronomist Tom Peters, kochia remains one of the biggest weed worries. "We don't really have very good tools, especially for controlling glyphosate-resistant kochia," Peters told RRFN. "The one product that we've been working on…
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