Articles tagged under: Palmer amaranth

Palmer Found in Divide County

Published October 30, 2025

Palmer amaranth has been confirmed in North Dakota's Divide County. One plant was pulled from a wet/green spot at the outer edges of a wheat field. The National Agricultural Genotyping Center confirmed it was Palmer amaranth. Growers are being encouraged…
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Grants Available for Drone Detection of Noxious Weeds

Published June 30, 2025

The North Dakota Department of Agriculture is making $300,000 available for drone detection of Palmer amaranth and other noxious weeds. Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring said this project will focus on sugarbeet and soybean fields in five counties during the 2025…
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Pre’s Are Key to Weed Management

Published January 9, 2025

University of Minnesota Extension Crops Educator Angie Peltier spoke at the series of Small Grain Update meetings. "Ragweed is one of the earlier emerging weeds in our cropping system and the most important and vulnerable point in any weed life…
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NDSU Project Uses AI and Drones for Weed Control

Published October 11, 2024

A collaborative project between NDSU researchers and drone companies is exploring the possibility of detecting and identifying harmful weeds in fields. "Palmer Amaranth is a very damaging weed that can grow three-to-six inches per day and can spread up to…
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Where Weeds Wander

Published October 3, 2023

North Dakota Weed Control Association Executive Secretary Merlin Leithold says the weed spectrum in the pastures and rangelands differed this past growing season. "The main problem is still leafy spurge, but Canada thistle was down overall this year. For what…
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Preventing the Spread of Palmer amaranth

Published July 27, 2023

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture has established a pilot program to prevent the spread of Palmer amaranth through feed. With this pilot project, state inspectors will be collecting samples from Minnesota feed manufacturing facilities. Millet and sunflowers are seen as…
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Protecting Against Palmer amaranth

Published January 20, 2023

At the Clay County Crop Update Meeting, Extension Sugarbeet Specialist Tom Peters focused on preventing Palmer amaranth. "Palmer robs yield and is hard to control so wWe want farmers to prevent Palmer amaranth from getting established." Peters is more worried…
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Pay Attention to Palmer

Published December 23, 2022

Farmers should be thinking about the weeds they faced this past year and make a game plan for 2023. In a webinar this past week, NDSU Extension Weed Specialist Joe Ikley said dry bean growers need to be alert for…
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A Constant Struggle

Published July 12, 2022

Ron Truax, who owns Spring Creek Ag at Litchville, North Dakota, says the crop that was planted in his area looks good. However, at least 25 percent of the ground is prevented plant. "Especially, if you're on wheat or corn…
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