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! 

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! 

This week our host Alyssa Essman and co-host Joe Ikley chat with Dr. Dwight Lingenfelter from Penn State University about burcucumber. They discuss seed characteristics, where it’s problematic for farmers, and how to control it.

We are partnered with Crop Protection Network (CPN), so check out their page for more great information, and thanks to our sponsor North Central IPM Center for their support!

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. 

This week our host Sarah Lancaster and co-host Alyssa Essman discuss the final version of the herbicide strategy plan in accordance with the Endangered Species Act (ESA).  They are joined by special guests Bill Chism and Ashlea Frank to chat about the timeline for implementation of these strategies, and what this means for farmers and applicators in the years to come. 

A few helpful links our guests provided for any questions regarding the ESA. 

https://www.epa.gov/endangered-species

https://www.Festf.org

https://wssa.net/endangered-species/

We are partnered with Crop Protection Network (CPN), so check out their page for more great information, and thanks to our sponsor North Central IPM Center for their support!

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. 

 This week our host Alyssa Essman and co-host Sarah Lancaster chat with Logan Simon (Kansas State University) and Travis Legleiter (University of Kentucky) about cover crops. They cover the trade-offs of having cover crops in their states, and their most commonly asked questions by farmers.

Our guests can be found on X @SWKSAgronomy and @TravisLegleiter

More information about their universities and programs can be found here:

https://weedscience.ca.uky.edu/

https://www.wkrec.org/

Mandy and Sarah visit with Mark Loux, from Ohio State University to talk about the best time to use preemergence herbicides and other topics related to rotating herbicides to manage herbicide resistant weeds.

Joe and Sarah visit with agronomists Jason Hanson and Kyle Okke about managing weeds in diverse crop rotations. 

Lee Briese joins Joe and Sarah to discuss practical aspects of integrated weed management, including tillage cover crops. 

Mandy and Joe discuss resistance to residual herbicides with Aaron Hager from the University of Illinois. Then, starting at 21:30, they visit with Bryan Young from Purdue University to discuss resistance to postemergence herbicides. 

Sarah and Mandy visit with Christy Sprague, Professor and Weeds Specialist at Michigan State University to talk about how agriculture professionals can use the Take Action herbicide classification chart (www.iwilltakeaction.com) to manage herbicide resistant weeds

Joe, Sarah, and Mandy have a wide-ranging discussion about why we don't have a 'silver bullet' for weed management and what that means for recommendations and research.

Sarah, Joe, and Mandy give a quick overview of their backgrounds and goals for War Against Weeds

WELCOME BACK to season 8 of the War Against Weeds Podcast! Our first episode of the season we have three special guests on to recap their summers. The whole team chats with guests Kody Came (Kansas), Austin Sundeen (North Dakota), and Greg McGlinch (Ohio) about the wins, losses, and lessons learned from the summer of 2024.

Our last topic for the season is weed control in MINT! Our guests this week are Dr. Stephen Meyers with Purdue University, and Dr. Pete Berry with Oregon State University. They chat about the challenges in growing mint, and share some other interesting facts about growing this specialty crop!

Dr. Stephen Meyers and his lab can be found at the links below:

https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/hla-happenings/article-tags/dr-stephen-meyers-lab/

https://twitter.com/stephenlmeyers

Dr. Pete Berry can be found at this link:

https://cropandsoil.oregonstate.edu/users/pete-berry

Welcome Back to the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week Joe and Sarah discuss harvest weed seed control with Breanne Tidemann. Breanne is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with her focus on weed management and field agronomy. Listen in to learn all about harvest weed seed control up in Canada!

Join us this week as Joe and Sarah chat with Dr. Clarence Swanton with the University of Guelph, while he delves into the intricacies of plant growth!

This weeks topic is carry over! Sarah and Alyssa chat with guest host Kevin Bradly from the University of Missouri about herbicide carry over. 

This week Sarah and Joe chat with Bryan Young from Purdue University about crop injury!

Welcome back to the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week we are joined by guests Jeremy Safranski (Director of Strategic Planning at CHS Inc.) and Mike Bjertness (Management at C-W Valley Co-op) to discuss the herbicide supply chain and their experiences in the United States. 

You can find these two guests here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-bjertness-cca-0b404326a/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-safranski0312/

And the links they provided for more information:

www.cwvalley.com

www.chsinc.com