Getting Rid Of Weeds
Through Integrated Weed Management
We are a scientist-led network coordinating research to help farmers across the U.S. fight herbicide-resistance with a greater diversity of weed control strategies to complement chemical use.
GROW aims to provide information on tools such as cover crops, increased crop competition, harvest weed seed control, and more.
Recent GROW News & Research Updates
Weed Science Field Days: What’s In It For Me?
It happens like clockwork almost every year, starting in June. Wagons bounce over field ruts, filled with people clutching...
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Weed Electrocution
Precision Weed Management
Can Chaff Lining Cut Costs and Corral Weeds in the Canadian Prairies?
It can be tricky to find weed management methods that lower herbicide inputs but still work for your production system if...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Fighting Weeds in 1872: A Trip Back in Time to the First Weed Management Guide
Do you loathe Canada thistle? Do you marvel at field bindweed’s “indomitable vitality,” and occasionally leap from your...
Grow News
Mechanical Weed Control
News From Other Sources
Prevention
Herbicide Management
Slow the Cycle: Targeting Perennial Weeds with Weed Electrocution
What’s a bigger nightmare than weeds guaranteed to come back each year? Perennial weeds can be particularly irksome for farmers...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Weed Electrocution
Triple-Stack Herbicide Trait in Sugarbeets Faces Resistance
Weed control in sugarbeets has run headlong into widespread glyphosate resistance in recent years, but a new trait coming to...
Grow News
Industry News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Management
Zap on Over to GROW’s New Weed Electrocution Page
There’s a lot happening in the world of electrical weed control, and GROW wants you to have a starting place to learn about it....
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Weed Electrocution
Pesticide Label Changes Brought On by the Endangered Species Act
Herbicide labels are changing, as EPA begins instituting its new strategy to bring all registered pesticides into compliance with...
Industry News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Management
Short Corn, Big Questions: Research on Short Corn’s Weed Management Implications
Short corn may not stand tall, but it does stand strong, thanks to its shorter internodes and decreased lodging risks. But where...
Grow News
Industry News
Herbicide Management
Mix Cereal Rye with Hairy Vetch to Cash In on Cover Crop Benefits
In recent years, farmers in Virginia have found a way to suppress weeds, fix nitrogen, and earn an extra buck by mixing cereal...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
Keep These Tips in Mind When Using Target Sprayers
Precision spray tech is everywhere, each brand and model boasting an array of bells and whistles. But despite all of their...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Resistance
Precision Weed Management
Herbicide Management
Heading to the Field to Scout? Take Us With You!
As you head into the field to scout early season weeds, remember to keep GROW’s scouting resources handy! Remember the...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Prevention
Fact Sheets
Take Action
A Handheld Extension Agent? GROW Researchers Put ExtensionBot to the Test
AI is sowing new possibilities in agriculture, from precision herbicide applications to mapping weeds and cover crops in fields....
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Herbicide Management
Mix Cereal Rye with Hairy Vetch to Cash In on Cover Crop Benefits
In recent years, farmers in Virginia have found a way to suppress weeds, fix nitrogen, and earn an extra buck by mixing cereal...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
A Handheld Extension Agent? GROW Researchers Put ExtensionBot to the Test
AI is sowing new possibilities in agriculture, from precision herbicide applications to mapping weeds and cover crops in fields....
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Herbicide Management
Insecticides May Contribute to Bigger Problems with Certain Weeds
This article is reprinted with permission from Penn State University. Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops...
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
News From Other Sources
Cover Crops
Prevention
Herbicide Management
The Lowdown on Roller Crimpers
Editor’s Note: This video was first published on April 2, 2024 Roller crimpers can be a valuable tool for terminating cover...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
Farmer Forum Recap: Cover Crop Termination
Editor’s Note: This Farmer Forum was recorded in March 2023. In this GROW Farmer Forum, a panel of farmers from Wisconsin,...
Grow News
Cover Crops
featured
Squash Pigweeds With These Cover Crop Management Strategies
Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, smooth and redroot pigweed – these weeds haunt farmers nationwide, causing crop yield losses as...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Cover Crops
A Look at Planter Adjustments for Planting into Cover Crops
Editor’s Note: This article was first published on March 26, 2024. When adjusting your planter to run through...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
How to Manage Cereal Rye in the Upper Midwest for Weed Suppression and Max Yields
Weeds don’t stand a chance…if you time it right. New research is finally providing much-needed data to upper Midwest farmers...
Grow News
Cover Crops
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide Management
All-of-the-Above Management: Weed Control in Organic Grain Production in the Pacific Northwest
Demand for organic small grains is increasing, and the semiarid U.S. Pacific Northwest is well-suited to small grain production....
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Precision Weed Management
Herbicide Management
Weed Management Planner: Order Your Free Prints Now!
GROW’s Weed Management Planner is many things – color-coded, comprehensive, and packed with information! But we admit,...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
Fact Sheets
Herbicide Management
Farming Peanuts with Cover Crops in Virginia
“Cover crops” and “peanuts” don’t get used in the same sentence too often. With limited herbicide options available and...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Cover Crops
New Technology Aims to Map Cereal Rye Cover Crop Biomass
Cover crops are becoming an important tool for weed suppression, and their biomass is among the most accurate predictors of how...
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Precision Weed Management
Weed Science Field Days: What’s In It For Me?
It happens like clockwork almost every year, starting in June. Wagons bounce over field ruts, filled with people clutching...
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Weed Electrocution
Precision Weed Management
Can Chaff Lining Cut Costs and Corral Weeds in the Canadian Prairies?
It can be tricky to find weed management methods that lower herbicide inputs but still work for your production system if...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Fighting Weeds in 1872: A Trip Back in Time to the First Weed Management Guide
Do you loathe Canada thistle? Do you marvel at field bindweed’s “indomitable vitality,” and occasionally leap from your...
Grow News
Mechanical Weed Control
News From Other Sources
Prevention
Herbicide Management
Slow the Cycle: Targeting Perennial Weeds with Weed Electrocution
What’s a bigger nightmare than weeds guaranteed to come back each year? Perennial weeds can be particularly irksome for farmers...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Weed Electrocution
Triple-Stack Herbicide Trait in Sugarbeets Faces Resistance
Weed control in sugarbeets has run headlong into widespread glyphosate resistance in recent years, but a new trait coming to...
Grow News
Industry News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Management
Zap on Over to GROW’s New Weed Electrocution Page
There’s a lot happening in the world of electrical weed control, and GROW wants you to have a starting place to learn about it....
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Weed Electrocution
Short Corn, Big Questions: Research on Short Corn’s Weed Management Implications
Short corn may not stand tall, but it does stand strong, thanks to its shorter internodes and decreased lodging risks. But where...
Grow News
Industry News
Herbicide Management
Mix Cereal Rye with Hairy Vetch to Cash In on Cover Crop Benefits
In recent years, farmers in Virginia have found a way to suppress weeds, fix nitrogen, and earn an extra buck by mixing cereal...
Grow News
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
Keep These Tips in Mind When Using Target Sprayers
Precision spray tech is everywhere, each brand and model boasting an array of bells and whistles. But despite all of their...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Resistance
Precision Weed Management
Herbicide Management
Heading to the Field to Scout? Take Us With You!
As you head into the field to scout early season weeds, remember to keep GROW’s scouting resources handy! Remember the...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Prevention
Fact Sheets
Take Action
A Handheld Extension Agent? GROW Researchers Put ExtensionBot to the Test
AI is sowing new possibilities in agriculture, from precision herbicide applications to mapping weeds and cover crops in fields....
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Herbicide Management
Rising Herbicide Resistance: Researchers Find That No State or Weed is Immune
“If we look for it, we find it.” Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware In 2022, when North Dakota farmers began...
Herbicide Management
Grow News
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Weed Science Field Days: What’s In It For Me?
It happens like clockwork almost every year, starting in June. Wagons bounce over field ruts, filled with people clutching...
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Weed Electrocution
Precision Weed Management
Triple-Stack Herbicide Trait in Sugarbeets Faces Resistance
Weed control in sugarbeets has run headlong into widespread glyphosate resistance in recent years, but a new trait coming to...
Grow News
Industry News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Management
Pesticide Label Changes Brought On by the Endangered Species Act
Herbicide labels are changing, as EPA begins instituting its new strategy to bring all registered pesticides into compliance with...
Industry News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Management
Keep These Tips in Mind When Using Target Sprayers
Precision spray tech is everywhere, each brand and model boasting an array of bells and whistles. But despite all of their...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Herbicide Resistance
Precision Weed Management
Herbicide Management
Heading to the Field to Scout? Take Us With You!
As you head into the field to scout early season weeds, remember to keep GROW’s scouting resources handy! Remember the...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Prevention
Fact Sheets
Take Action
A Handheld Extension Agent? GROW Researchers Put ExtensionBot to the Test
AI is sowing new possibilities in agriculture, from precision herbicide applications to mapping weeds and cover crops in fields....
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Herbicide Management
Insecticides May Contribute to Bigger Problems with Certain Weeds
This article is reprinted with permission from Penn State University. Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops...
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
News From Other Sources
Cover Crops
Prevention
Herbicide Management
Rising Herbicide Resistance: Researchers Find That No State or Weed is Immune
“If we look for it, we find it.” Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware In 2022, when North Dakota farmers began...
Herbicide Management
Grow News
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Take Action Has a New Home on GROW Website
The Take Action (Herbicide-Resistance Management) program is moving to a new home! You can now find it on the GROW (Getting Rid...
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Take Action
Herbicide Management
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Listen In: A Look at Targeted Tillage with the Weed Chipper
Never underestimate the power of a single, well-placed kick. That’s how an innovative targeted tillage venture began in...
Industry News
Precision Weed Management
Mechanical Weed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Squash Pigweeds With These Cover Crop Management Strategies
Palmer amaranth, waterhemp, smooth and redroot pigweed – these weeds haunt farmers nationwide, causing crop yield losses as...
Grow News
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Cover Crops
How to Manage Cereal Rye in the Upper Midwest for Weed Suppression and Max Yields
Weeds don’t stand a chance…if you time it right. New research is finally providing much-needed data to upper Midwest farmers...
Grow News
Cover Crops
Herbicide Resistance
Herbicide Management
Weed Science Field Days: What’s In It For Me?
It happens like clockwork almost every year, starting in June. Wagons bounce over field ruts, filled with people clutching...
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Weed Electrocution
Precision Weed Management
Can Chaff Lining Cut Costs and Corral Weeds in the Canadian Prairies?
It can be tricky to find weed management methods that lower herbicide inputs but still work for your production system if...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
A Handheld Extension Agent? GROW Researchers Put ExtensionBot to the Test
AI is sowing new possibilities in agriculture, from precision herbicide applications to mapping weeds and cover crops in fields....
Grow News
Industry News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
DIGITAL AGRICULTURE
Herbicide Management
Seed Impact Mill Pulverizes Problematic Waterhemp in New Study
Recently-published research has reinforced that “milling around” with seed impact mills can help keep escaped waterhemp from...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Herbicide Management
Weed Management Planner: Order Your Free Prints Now!
GROW’s Weed Management Planner is many things – color-coded, comprehensive, and packed with information! But we admit,...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Cover Crops
Fact Sheets
Herbicide Management
Extension and Farmers Greet Weed Control Option with ‘G’day’
This article is reprinted with permission from University of Minnesota Extension. In growing crops, much hinges on what happens...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
GROW Releases New Herbicide Resistance Resource for the Industry
As herbicide resistance spreads, so must education on what it is and how to manage it. That’s the goal behind GROW’s newest...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Cover Crops
Prevention
Weed Electrocution
Precision Weed Management
Herbicide Management
Narrow Windrow Burning for Weed Seed Control is Risky Business
Sometimes when a plan looks good on paper, it doesn’t necessarily mean its execution is the best idea. Weed scientists are...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Learn When Weeds Shed Their Seeds (And Why It Matters!)
A weed without seeds at harvest time is a lost cause for harvest weed seed control. That’s why GROW researchers from 14...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Fact Sheets
A Weed Seed Killing Machine: Testing the integrated Harrington Seed Destructor
With a rise in herbicide-resistant weeds such as Palmer amaranth and common ragweed escaping in-season control methods, weed...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
Learn from the Best: GROW Farmer Case Studies
Every good ag researcher knows the power of an innovative farmer. Take, for example, the no-till movement. As the Dust Bowl raged...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Cover Crops
featured
Weed Electrocution
Can Seed Impact Mills Kill Weed Seeds in Cotton?
Seed impact mills have shown promise as a weed control option in crops like wheat and soybeans. But what about cotton? A joint...
Grow News
Harvest Weed Seed Control
Integrated Weed Management Innovations
Herbicide Resistant Weeds
Mechanical Weed Control
Harvest Weed Seed Management
No Seeds. No Weeds.
For over 50 years, herbicides have been a highly effective method to control weeds and protect crop yields. Herbicides have supported the widespread use of no-till and limited cultivation for weed control, improving soil health. However, overreliance on a few key herbicides has prompted a growing epidemic of herbicide-resistant weeds.
For some farmers, herbicides alone just aren’t getting the job done anymore.
Integrated Weed Management (IWM) is the answer.
What is Integrated Weed Management?
Integrated weed management (IWM) is a system that layers multiple weed control methods to suppress and manage weeds across a growing season, by targeting weeds and the seedbank in different ways and at different stages of development. The result is a robust weed management program that doesn’t rely on a single mode of action or management tactic. IWM techniques include:
Weed Management Planner
In the Fields
What Are Your Problem Weeds?
Jimsonweed
Velvetleaf
Foxtail (Giant)
Broadleaf Signalgrass
Redroot & Smooth Pigweed
Texas Millet (Panicum)
Canada Thistle
Pokeweed (Common)
Cheat
Rush Skeletonweed
Russian Thistle
Prickly Lettuce
