February 12, 2025

A soybean researcher says cover crops can be another mode of action for controlling weeds, but it will take a lot of biomass. Shawn Conley says University of Wisconsin research through weed scientist Rodrigo Werle shows it takes almost five-thousand pounds of dry matter to effectively minimize waterhemp competition with crops.  Conley says one of […] The post Managing weeds with cover crops requires a lot of biomass appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Across the Corn Belt, snow is rapidly overspreading areas west of the Mississippi River, extending as far north as Nebraska and Iowa, while frigid, mostly dry weather prevails in Minnesota and the Dakotas.  Wednesday morning’s low temperatures fell below -20°F across much of northern Minnesota. On the Plains, wintry precipitation across the central one-third of […] The post Bitter, cold wave pattern on the northern Plains; mid-Winter storminess across the Corn Belt appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Convintro herbicide will target tough-to-control weeds such as water hemp and palmer amaranth. In this episode of Managing for Profit, Jody Gander, the technical manager for crop protection at Bayer Crop Science, explains more. The post New Bayer Product Launching Soon appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures and near- or above-normal precipitation across most of the country.  Warmer- and drier-than-normal weather will be limited to parts of California, the Great Basin, and the Desert Southwest, while colder- and drier-than-normal conditions will affect the upper Great Lakes […] The post Very cold weather to accompany a seasonally active pattern for parts of the Heartland appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story

A marketing advisor says there might be some opportunities for farmers growing wheat this year. Matt Bennett from AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield world wheat stocks have been whittled down over the past few years and the top exporter might have weather problems. “You’ve got to understand with that Russian wheat crop going into dormancy in pretty […] The post Marketing advisor says there might be opportunities for wheat growers appeared first on Brownfield Ag News. View Full Story