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The right order By: Gil Gullickson 03/20/2013 @ 4:10pm

Mixing pesticides and additives with a proper fit in proper sequence is crucial for top performance. You've likely heard the Las Vegas advertising catch ...

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Tool helps prevent pesticide drift damage By: Jeff Caldwell 03/19/2013 @ 7:56am

Row crops and specialty crops like fruit, vegetables, bees and organic field crops aren't always the best ...

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Talk to your chemical dealer. Now By: Gil Gullickson 03/13/2013 @ 10:19am

If you haven’t nailed down your herbicide supplies for 2013, talk to your chemical dealer. Come spring, there may be ...

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Reasons for and against preemergence herbicides By: Gene Johnston 02/14/2013 @ 2:28pm

Jeff Gunsolus knows you'd rather avoid the move to more preplant and preemergence herbicides. He's the University of Minnesota Extension weed specialist, and he even understands your reasons for not ...

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Post-patent Roundup Ready 1 era is coming By: Gil Gullickson 02/12/2013 @ 3:32pm

Midwest soybean farmers have had access to Roundup Ready 1 (RR1) soybean trait technology since the mid-1990s.  Monsanto patented the biotech trait with tolerance to glyphosate herbicides and incorporated ...

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Beyond herbicides By: Gil Gullickson 02/04/2013 @ 4:31pm

Herbicides are the main way to manage weeds. Still, there are such huge weed seed banks forming in the Corn Belt that herbicides aren't often sufficient to manage weeds.“We are planting two summer crops ...

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Marshal McGlamery, Former University of Illinois Extension Weed Specialist, Dies By: Gil Gullickson 01/31/2013 @ 9:39am

Those of you who sat in on field days and meetings where Marshal McGlamery spoke always were in for a treat.McGlamery, who served Illinois farmers for 35 years before retiring as Extension weed specialist in ...

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Knock back resistant weeds By: Jeff Caldwell 01/14/2013 @ 1:32pm

Herbicide-resistant weeds may be on their way to your fields. So, what can you do to make sure you don't become another part of the problem? Turning to different herbicide products is the foremost way to ...

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