War Against Weeds

Sarah and Joe introduce new host Alyssa Essman, our new partnership with the Crop Protection Network, recap issues from the summer, and give us a look into what season 4 will bring!   Special thanks to the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center for their funding and support! https://www.ncipmc.org/

Mandy, Joe, and Sarah are joined by the podcast intern, Taylor, as they share their highlights from this season and a look into what the summer and season 4 will bring us. 

Learn more about how drones are being utilized in weed management. 

Greg Kruger joins us to discuss different factors that are affecting sprayer coverage. 

Tommy Butts and Larry Steckel join us again to discuss the latest updates on resistance in the weed world. 

Peng Tian, from MU, joins us to cover submitting samples to your extension services. There are a lot of helpful tips in this episode. 

Andrew and Bridgette join us to talk about pesticide residues and what you might be doing without even knowing you are. The link to their lecture is on our Twitter page.   

Find out what challenges and opportunities lie within the dry bean and field pea crops when it comes to weed management. 

Scott McElroy from Auburn joins us to #talkturf. Find out about herbicides used in turfgrass and more. 

Stanley Culpepper joined us to discuss the Endangered Species Act and the work that he does. 

This week we chatted with the Weed Science Society of America's winners from the University of Illinois. They covered lots of topics and focused on their findings and their areas of expertise. 

Dr. Werle joins us to talk about planting soybeans green and how to terminate cover crops. 

Melissa Wilson, the manure specialist, talks about some stinky stuff this week and how manure is related to weed science. 

Curt Thompson came out of retirement to help us with this one. Kochia tumbleweeds are a common species that we all know a little too well. Curt gives us an insight into the characteristics, tolerance, and much more of the tumbleweed. 

Dawn Refsell, field science leader with Corteva, joins us to talk all things herbicide formulations. She covers multiple aspects of the formulations like discovery, development, the chemistry of them, and more. 

Mandy and Sarah are joined by Greg Dahl to discuss adjuvants and how you can utilize them. 

Welcome to Season 3! We are excited to take a look into 2022 with several different people from all different regions and get their opinions about the top weed management concerns going into 2022. 

This week Joe Ikley interviewed several of the student winners from the NCWSS annual meeting. They shared their major findings and takeaways from their research. 

Anita Dille joins us this week to discuss peer-review publications and gives us some behind-the-scenes insight into the process of them. 

Precision weed management with Tom Wolf, Sarah, and Joe.  Check out our social media to find out more about Tom and the link to his website.

Weeds and Genomics: Dr. Gaines guides us past the jargon and helps us understand the value of genomics in weed management. The link to the website mentioned in this episode can be found on our Twitter and Facebook.

Lee Van Wychen joins us this week to discuss herbicide registration and labels that you should be aware of. 

Sarah and Joe are joined by two guests, Carroll and Charlie, who are with the Syngenta company. They give you insights into herbicide registration from a company perspective. 

Bish and Ikley are joined by Tommy Butts from the University of Arkansas, to discuss herbicide technologies and application for next year. 

JD Green from the University of Kentucky is our guest for this episode and we talked with him about the resurgence of old threats, like cocklebur and velvetleaf. 

All three of our hosts are joined by a panel of weed scientists this week. They are putting their minds together to update you on the herbicide shortage and how you can prepare for it. 

The risks and the advantages of planting soybeans early are on the agenda for this episode. 

Mandy and Sarah are joined by Lynn Sosnoski from Cornell University. Invasive weeds and controlling perennial weeds are on the agenda for today. 

Join our hosts this week to hear what they have to say about building a crop rotation for specialty crops. Our guest this week is Dr. Tom Peters. 

Sarah and Joe are joined by Dr. Senseman from OSU and they cover herbicide carryover potential, herbicide degradation, and bioassays. 

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 Mandy Bish as she gives this weeks field updates and also speaks with some graduate students from the University of Missouri. 

Join Sarah and Joe as they describe what the Weed Contest is all about and hear from four students that are participating in the contest this year. Learn more about North Central Weed Science Society and the contest here. 

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.