Why Starting Weed-Free at Planting is So Important April 18, 2023 Grow IWM Starting weed-free (also known as “starting clean”) means planting into fields without emerged weeds, which provides... Read More
Farmer Forum Recap: Cover Crop Termination April 4, 2023 Grow IWM In GROW’s first Farmer Forum of the 2023 season, a panel of farmers from Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Virginia shared their... Read More
Updates on Harvest Weed Seed Control from WSSA Members Across the Country March 14, 2023 Grow IWM Harvest weed seed control research is growing across the U.S., with farmers and researchers trying out chaff lining and seed... Read More
How Does Cover Crop Residue Interact with Soil Residual Herbicides? March 7, 2023 Grow IWM We know cover crops can provide a physical barrier on top of the soil to smother and suppress emerging weeds. But many... Read More
GROW is Hiring a Post-Doctoral Researcher March 2, 2023 Grow IWM A unique opportunity is now open for a post-doctoral researcher to join GROW (www.growiwm.org), a dynamic research and extension... Read More
How a National Image Repository Can Transform Agriculture February 28, 2023 Grow IWM The National Agricultural Image Repository (NAIR) is a large-scale, multi-state effort to build and share weed and crop images,... Read More
The Ag Image Repository: A First Step in Accessible Precision Ag February 21, 2023 Grow IWM So much of precision agriculture – such as precision spraying technology or weed-identifying apps – relies on images. ... Read More
Three Weird Ways Weed Seeds Can Travel February 14, 2023 Grow IWM Weeds have plenty of biological tricks to spread seeds on their own, but they also get an assist from a few surprising sources,... Read More
Four Takeaways on Cover Crops and Weed Control from WSSA February 7, 2023 Grow IWM Using cover crops for weed suppression can be complicated, so it’s little surprise that the past decade’s worth of research... Read More