War Against Weeds

This week Joe and Alyssa chat with Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee!     We are partnered with Crop Protection Network (CPN), so check out their page for more great information, and thanks to our sponsor North Central IPM Center for their support!

This week we are talking pumpkins! Dr. Marty Williams and Dr. Alan Walters chat with Sarah and Alyssa about pumpkin production in Illinois. Jack-o'-lanterns, processing pumpkins, and gigantic pumpkins oh my!    You can find more information about our guests at: www.martywilliamslab.com and https://academics.siu.edu/agriculture/horticulture/faculty/walters-alan.php   Marty's Reference Table: Table...

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast, Sarah and Joe chat with Lynn Sosnoskie (Cornell University) and Thierry Besançon (Rutgers University) about LASER WEEDING! Some highlights from the episode include how these machines work, their utility in different cropping systems, and how this could change weed control in the future!   Lynn can be found on X @LynnSosnoskie and Instagram @specialtycrop...

Witchweed! This spooky parasitic weed is the topic of this week's episode. Alyssa and Joe chat about witchweed's biology, history and economic impact with Dr. Bridget Lassiter and Dr. David Nelson!   You can find more information about Dr. Nelson at https://nelsonlab.ucr.edu/ , and here are some additional links that our guests mentioned in the episode.    https://www.toothpickproject.org/   https...

This week's topic is desiccation! Joe and Sarah discuss fall desiccants in various bean crops with Dr. Shawn Conley (University of Wisconsin-Madison) and Dr. Jeremy Ross (University of Arkansas)!   You can find them both on X and their university websites! X: @badgerbean www.coolbean.info X: @.arksoydoc www. Uaex.uada.edu    

This week our host Joe Ikley and co-host Sarah Lancaster discuss everything "Wild Oat" with guests Kirk Howatt and Breanne Tidemann. They cover biology, spread, and management of wild oat in North Dakota and various parts of Canada. You can find Breanne on Instagram @lacombweedsci, and on X @breanntidemann. More info on the wild oat action committee can be found here: https://weedscience.ca/wild-o...

This week our host Alyssa Essman and co-host Joe Ikley chat with Dr. Dwight Lingenfelter from Penn State University about burcucumber. They discuss seed characteristics, where it's problematic for farmers, and how to control it.   We are partnered with Crop Protection Network (CPN), so check out their page for more great information, and thanks to our sponsor North Central IPM Center for their sup...

This week our host Sarah Lancaster and co-host Alyssa Essman discuss the final version of the herbicide strategy plan in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA).   They are joined by special guests Bill Chism and Ashlea Frank to chat about the timeline for implementation of these strategies, and what this means for farmers and applicators in the years to come.    A few helpful links our g...

 This week our host Alyssa Essman and co-host Sarah Lancaster chat with Logan Simon (Kansas State University) and Travis Legleiter (University of Kentucky) about cover crops. They cover the trade-offs of having cover crops in their states, and their most commonly asked questions by farmers.   Our guests can be found on X @SWKSAgronomy and @TravisLegleiter   More information about their universitie...

WELCOME BACK to season 8 of the War Against Weeds Podcast! Our first episode of the season we have three special guests on to recap their summers. The whole team chats with guests Kody Came (Kansas), Austin Sundeen (North Dakota), and Greg McGlinch (Ohio) about the wins, losses, and lessons learned from the summer of 2024.

Our last topic for the season is weed control in MINT! Our guests this week are Dr. Stephen Meyers with Purdue University, and Dr. Pete Berry with Oregon State University. They chat about the challenges in growing mint, and share some other interesting facts about growing this specialty crop!   Dr. Stephen Meyers and his lab can be found at the links below: https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/hla-hap...

Welcome Back to the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week Joe and Sarah discuss harvest weed seed control with Breanne Tidemann. Breanne is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with her focus on weed management and field agronomy. Listen in to learn all about harvest weed seed control up in Canada!

Join us this week as Joe and Sarah chat with Dr. Clarence Swanton with the University of Guelph, while he delves into the intricacies of plant growth!

This weeks topic is carry over! Sarah and Alyssa chat with guest host Kevin Bradly from the University of Missouri about herbicide carry over. 

This week Sarah and Joe chat with Bryan Young from Purdue University about crop injury!

This week our topic is interseeding! What is interseeding? How is it used, and how can it be beneficial for growers?   Find out in this episode! Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Karla Gage with Southern Illinois University about her work with interseeding across the country.

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Sarah discuss weed control failures with Dr. Peter Sikkema (@psikkema1) who recently retired from the University of Guelph.   Thanks to our friends and sponsors @CropNetwork and @ncipmc for their support! Check out their pages for more great info!  

This week Joe and Alyssa are joined by Dr. Brian Mealor from the University of Wyoming with another exciting episode about weed control in rangelands. This week they talk specifically about broadleaf weeds including leafy spurge, yellow toadflax, purple loosestrife and many many others.  Interested in a summer internship in Wyoming? Check out our social media to see a flyer with more information....

Alyssa and Joe chat with Bill Johnson from Purdue University about poison hemlock, and other plants from the parsley family. 

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Joe and Sarah chat with Tommy Butts about herbicide burndowns in no-till fields. An Arkansas, Kansas, and North Dakota perspective on burning down weeds prior to or after planting.    Some links Tommy mentioned in the episode:  https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/pest-management/weed/default.aspx https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/purdueweedscience/   Tommy Butt...

Sarah and Alyssa chat with Dustyn Sawall about herbicide formulations. Dustyn works as a principle chemist for Winfield United and really gets "into the weeds" about the behind the scenes work and ideas that go into formulating the herbicides that make it to the market. 

Sarah and Joe chat with Dr. Dean Riechers from Univeristy of Illinois about safeners. What they are, how they are used and potential future uses!

This week's topic is ~isomers~ Join Sarah and Alyssa as they sit down with Mark Kitt, a Technical Product Lead with Syngenta to chat about herbicide formulations.

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Joe chat with Marty Williams and Christopher Landau about glyphosate resistance in North America.     The Silver Bullet That Wasn't: Rapid Agronomic Weed Adaptations to glyphosate in North America Here is a link to the article:   https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697415/

 We are BACK with our first episode of season 7! This week all three hosts chat with 3 farmers from the Midwest about their weed management programs and experiences. Our guests include Mike Langseth from North Dakota, Rick Clifton from Ohio, and Scott Gigstad from Kansas.