War Against Weeds

Welcome to Season 2. Mandy and Joe are joined with two guests this week, Kevin & Lauren and they discuss weed seed at harvest.

Joe Ikley reports with the current field conditions from all three states. He also discusses some of the upcoming Season 2 content that we are preparing for. You can now follow War Against Weeds podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to see upcoming episode content, behind the scenes & more! 

Mandy Bish brings you the current field updates and introduces you to some more topics that we will cover in Season 2. Our summer field updates will end next week and we are bringing you Season 2 starting September 15th. 

This week Sarah gives you field updates from all three states and a sneak peek into what season 2 topics you can expect to hear about. Season 2 will begin with full length episodes after Labor Day! 

Join Joe Ikley as he discusses the field condition updates and the current herbicide conditions. We will return back to our full length episodes in September! 

Tune in this week to hear from Dr. Mandy Bish as she gives this weeks field updates and also speaks with some graduate students from the University of Missouri. 

Sarah and Joe visit with graduate students to discuss some the training  opportunities  available  at the summer weed contest sponsored by the North Central Weed Science  Society.

Joe joins us this week and gives updates from around the states. He discusses an update on one of his research locations and talks about how weed seed was imported through cheap cattle feed. 

We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend last week! We are back with Mandy Bish who is joined by Dr. Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee. They discuss the herbicide issues we are facing and the different herbicide management practices we can use for crops. 

This week Sarah gives some insights on the weather from our three hosts' states and talks about spraying management. Aaron Hager joins us this week as our guest from the University of Illinois. He discusses weed management, graduate research, and other exciting topics. 

Tune in this week to get an update from Joe as he discusses the wheat harvest weather updates. Travis Legleiter joins Joe to share his wheat harvest updates from Kentucky. Don't forget June 30th is the Dicamba cut-off date! 

Quick update from Mandy Bish with a guest speaker, Erin Burns, from the University of Michigan. Mandy discusses the weather along with herbicide application. 

Sarah Lancaster covers the field updates and discusses the concerns from the rain amounts some have received along with the difficulties of the control of weeds. Guest speaker this week is Rodrigo Werle from the University of Wisconsin.  

Joe covers the field updates from Sarah, Mandy, and himself. He discusses Pigweed density, weed control, and herbicide application. 

Mandy talks about the rain mounts seen in Missouri, North Dakota, and Kansas along with planting conditions and yield loses. Please consider filling out our listener survey . 

Sarah shares a quick overview of field activities related to weed management in Missouri, North Dakota, and Kansas.

Sarah, Joe, and Mandy review the topics and highlights of the first season of full length podcasts and share a vision for the future of the podcast. A listener survey is announced.

Joe and Mandy talk with Travis Legleiter, Extension Assistant Professor with the University of Kentucky about factors to consider when selection a spray nozzle.

Sarah and Joe catch up with Bill Johnson, Extension Weed Scientist at Purdue University to talk about whys and hows of sprayer cleanout.

Mandy and Joe talk with Jean Payne as she prepares to retire after 17 years as the President of the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association. The topic is concerns of custom applicators in 2021. 

Joe and Mandy talk recommendations for controlling volunteer corn with Meaghan Anderson, a field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension. 

In part 2 of our cover crop conversation, Mandy and Sarah visit with Trey Hill of Harborview Farms in Maryland about his experiences with cover crops. 

Cover crops are such a hot topic that we're going to spend two episodes on the subject. In part 1, Mandy and Sarah visit with Kevin Bradley from the University of Missouri to discuss what the research says about weed management with cover crops. 

Joe and Mandy visit with Mark VanGessel from the University of Delaware, who was the first to confirm glyphosate-resistant marestail (horseweed) in the US. The discussion focuses on how wind helps marestail move long distances and offers some tips for control. 

Sarah and Mandy talk with Iowa State Weed Scientist Bob Hartzler about managing the soil weed seed bank.