Soybean School: Controlling weeds after a warm winter

Описание: A bed of chickweed is a sure sign that weeds are awake, actively growing and planting isn't far off.

On this episode of RealAgriculture's Soybean School, host Bernard Tobin heads to the field with BASF Canada agronomist Rob Miller to talk spring weed control and what growers should be looking for as they scout fields.

Miller says that chickweed is already starting to flower and that means weeds like Canada fleabane, dandelion and shepherd's purse are waking up as well.

After a record Ontario corn crop in 2023, many soon-to-be soybean fields accros the province look like the plots at BASF's Maryhill, Ont. research farm where heavy corn residue and record winter temperatures are a delightful combination for tough winter annual weeds already growing and lurking in decaying field trash.

Miller says growers will need to be more aggressive as they target these yield robbers. Many growers  "didn't have the opportunity to do any type of fall tillage, whether it was with the high-speed vertical disc, or even some type of chisel plow in these fields," he notes. "That means we're going to have to use a lot higher water volumes and use multiple modes of effective action, because coverage is going to be a challenge."

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