War Against Weeds

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.

Tune in to our last episode of the season, where Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Jim Westwood and Dr. Claude dePamphilis about parasitic plants. (Including mistletoe, among many others!)   Some links mentioned in the episode:  https://spes.vt.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/westwood-james.html https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/claude-depamphilis

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Joe and Alyssa are joined by Dr. Hartzler to discuss the North Central Weed Science Society and how it has grown and changed over the years. 

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Sarah and Joe chat with Mark Waddington about his perspective on weed management in Europe. 

Join Joe and Sarah this week as they chat with Hudson Takano about herbicide modes of action! 

EAT THE WEEDS! We have a SPECIAL episode this week for Thanksgiving. Alyssa and Sarah chat with WAW podcast editor Steph DeSimini about edible weeds!!

Sarah and Alyssa chat with Dr. Aaron Hager about Group 15 herbicides (Long-Chain Fatty Acid Inhibitors)! Listen now!

This week Sarah and Alyssa sit down with Dr. Nathan Mueller and Dr. Elizabeth Hawkins to talk about on farm research!

This week Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Bill Johnson  from Purdue University about weed control guides. How they are made, the differences between regions, and the importance of these guides. Listen now!   Some links mentioned in the episode: https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/ https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/publications/north-dakota-weed-control-guide

This week Sarah and Alyssa are joined by Tom Wolf, Lauren Lazaro (@laurenmlazaro) and Brian Burgran to talk about targeted spray applications! You can find more information about more of their links provided below: https://sprayers101.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PrairieLandPartnersLLC/

This week Alyssa and Sarah are joined by Dr. AJ. Tarpoff from Kansas State University. They discuss poisonous plants in livestock!

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast we are joined by Dr. Brian Mealor from the University of Wyoming to discuss weed control in pasture and rangeland. Link mentioned in the episode: https://www.eddmaps.org/

Noxious weeds, robot mowers, and snow mold, oh my! Join us this week as Joe and Sarah chat with turf weed scientist, Dr. Quincy Law. 

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Joe are joined by Dr. Flessner, an extension specialist with Virginia Tech (@VTAGWeeds). They chat about harvest weed seed control methods, pros and cons, and how folks can look into these methods for their own farms.  Here are some links mentioned in the episode to get started: https://growiwm.org/is-it-time-to-consider-harvest-weed-seed-contr...

This week Sarah and Joe are joined by special guests Dr. Kelly Tindall, Dr. Cameron Douglass, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, and Dr. Lee Van Wychen. Part 2 covers the herbicide strategy plan in more detail.   Please check out these links to learn more about the topics discussed today: Webinar Link to EPA's Proposed Herbicide Strategy and EPA's Vulnerable Species Pilot Project: https://www.usda.gov/oce/pes...

This week Sarah and Joe are joined by special guests Dr. Kelly Tindall, Dr. Cameron Douglass, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, and Dr. Lee Van Wychen. In part 1 they introduce the vulnerable species pilot program and the herbicide strategy plan. Part 2 will cover the herbicide strategy plan in more detail.   Please check out these links to learn more about the topics discussed today: Webinar Link to EPA's P...

Welcome BACK for season 6 of the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week we have Sarah, Joe and Alyssa to recap their summers and to discuss the most recent questions in the weed science world. 

Sarah, Joe and Alyssa chat about the wrap up to season 15. They cover favorite episodes and topics, and what we can expect moving forward. 

This week Alyssa and Sarah chat with Dr. Pat Tranel with the University of Illinois about herbicide resistance.