Plant to attend the Rochester Crop Management Tour!

 

Be sure to put Tuesday, June 30, 2026 on your calendar for the Rochester Crop Management Tour! See what's new and on the horizon in corn and soybean weed management, tour herbicide and cover crop trials, and get updates on crop pests. 

Tour stops, topics, and speakers

Minnesota waterhemp herbicide resistance update: 2,4-D, Dicamba, Glufosinate

Dr. Debalin Sarangi - Extension Weed Scientist

Corn and soybean herbicide evaluations

Storen® and Acuron® Flexi herbicide rate trial

Revisiting use of Group 15 herbicides in soybean production

Ryan Miller – Crops Educator, University of MN Extension

Managing spray water quality: Corn herbicide pH adjustment trial results

Dr. Eric Yu – Crops Educator, University of Minnesota Extension

Cover crops as a tool for weed management

Liz Stahl – Crops Educator, University of Minnesota Extension

Cover crop termination timing, water use, and soybean yield

Sithin Mathew – Graduate student, University of Minnesota applied weed science

Other topics to cover and see: Rapidicil™ technology in a new burndown herbicide (pending EPA and state approvals), 2026 true armyworm update, other 2026 crop and pest management topics

Onsite registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with presentations starting at 9:00 a.m.  There's no cost to attend and preregistration is not required. 

The Rochester weed management trials are located just east of the Olmsted County Recycling site on County Rd 9 (Collegeview RD), a short mile north and a bit west of our previous location. If you head to the recycling and composting site, you will see our sign at the entrance, then head east on a gravel field road (GPS coordinates: 44.024037, -92.42457).at the location just east of the Olmstead County Recycling Facility (see map below). 

Rosemount Weed Science Field Day

There will also be a weed management tour at the Rosemount Research and Outreach Center on July 14. More details coming soon!