The Good Old Days Of
Weed Control
Larry Steckel
Jackson, Tenn.
• Associate professor, Plant Sciences Department, University of Tennessee.
• Research/Extension weed specialist.
• Major areas include weed management in cotton, soybeans, corn and wheat.
• Worked 10 years as a field agronomist with Pioneer Hybrid Int.
• Member of the Southern Weed Society and the Weed Science Society of America.
I have often heard folks talk about the good old days of this or that. Now I am doing it. The good old days of weed control in cotton just occurred in 2006 and 2007. This was the time span when Flex cotton was widely planted, and glyphosate controlled all the weeds except horseweed in the Mid-South. For the most part, cotton producers had learned to control horseweed with a good burndown program or tillage.
As a result, it was not often an issue in crops. Many producers had parked their often aggravating and always slow moving hoods and did all their cotton weed control with a 90-foot or 120-foot boom. Most likely, it will never be this easy again!
source : cottonfarming
Weed Control
Larry Steckel
Jackson, Tenn.
• Associate professor, Plant Sciences Department, University of Tennessee.
• Research/Extension weed specialist.
• Major areas include weed management in cotton, soybeans, corn and wheat.
• Worked 10 years as a field agronomist with Pioneer Hybrid Int.
• Member of the Southern Weed Society and the Weed Science Society of America.
I have often heard folks talk about the good old days of this or that. Now I am doing it. The good old days of weed control in cotton just occurred in 2006 and 2007. This was the time span when Flex cotton was widely planted, and glyphosate controlled all the weeds except horseweed in the Mid-South. For the most part, cotton producers had learned to control horseweed with a good burndown program or tillage.
As a result, it was not often an issue in crops. Many producers had parked their often aggravating and always slow moving hoods and did all their cotton weed control with a 90-foot or 120-foot boom. Most likely, it will never be this easy again!
source : cottonfarming
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