War Against Weeds – Details, episodes & analysis

For our final episode of season 8, we have agronomists Kyle Okke, Jason Hanson and Jeff Nagel on to discuss the economics of weed control for growers. They cover their major weed challenges and how additional inputs like machinery cost, fertility, and pest management are all factored into planning for ’25. Let’s wrap up this season by reflecting on ’24, and looking into ’25!

You can find Jason and Kyle on X at:

@rocknrollagrnmy and @okkefromuskogee

And find their podcast Agronomists Happy Hour at https://agronomistshappyhour.com/

And on X @AgHappyHour

You can find more information about Keystone Cooperative here:

https://www.keystonecoop.com/

Thank you all for another great season!

Dr. Todd Gaines with Colorado State University joins us this week to talk about some novel genetic methods to control weeds! He covers the genomic timeline and how things have changed through the years, and  how genomics helps understand herbicide resistance by identifying target site genes and mutations. 

Some links that Dr. Gaines wanted to share:

https://www.weedgenomics.org/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03274-y

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/resinf/opm/2024/00000035/00000004/art00002

This week our host Joe Ikley and co-host Sarah Lancaster discuss everything “Wild Oat” with guests Kirk Howatt and Breanne Tidemann. They cover biology, spread, and management of wild oat in North Dakota and various parts of Canada.

You can find Breanne on Instagram @lacombweedsci, and on X @breanntidemann.

More info on the wild oat action committee can be found here: https://weedscience.ca/wild-oat-action-committee/

Kirk can be found at NDSU’s website, and more information about wild oat in North Dakota can be found here: https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/weeds/nd-weed-control-research

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!