Phyllis Bongard, Extension content development and communications specialist, Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet agronomist, Debalin Sarangi, Extension weed specialist, and Eric Yu, Extension educator-crops As herbicide resistance continues to expand and challenge producers, using an integrated approach will help maintain herbicide effectiveness. Dr. Tom Peters, Extension sugarbeet agronomist, Dr. Debalin Sarangi, Extension weed specialist, and Dr. Eric Yu, Extension educator-crops, joined moderator Ryan Miller, Extension educator-crops, to discuss emerging and familiar weed management strategies in the February 5, 2025, session of Strategic Farming: Let’s talk crops . View recordings of this and all Strategic Farming sessions at https://z.umn.edu/StrategicFarmingRecordings Setting the stage Status of waterhemp herbicide resistance Managing waterhemp is increasingly difficult as populations develop resistance to an expanded number of postemergence herbicides. How extensive is the issue?...
By Tana Haugen-Brown, Extension Educator and Private Pesticide Applicator Program Manager, PSEE Pesticide application. Photo source: StoryBlocks Private pesticide applicators who need to renew a certification that ends on March 1, 2025, have to do so by the end of February to keep their certification from expiring. It’s not too late to register for a 2025 recertification workshop! In-person and Zoom recertification workshops end on February 28. Not sure if you need to recertify in 2025? Check the front of your applicator card or look up your license at the MDA’s website here . Advance registration is still available for the Sauk Centre, Jackson, Belle Plaine, Arlington, Braham, Lamberton, Worthington, Olivia, Foley, and Farmington, as well as two Zoom recertification workshop options. Remember, advance registration closes three days before a workshop, so sign up now ! Walk-in registration is also welcome at all in-person recertification workshops. Be sure to have a photo ID, your ...