Meet the Crop Protection Network (CPN)! March 8, 2024 Grow IWM Protecting crops from pests is a billion-dollar business, and there’s a lot of information swirling around on how best to do... Read More
The Silver Bullet That Wasn’t: Glyphosate’s Declining Weed Control Over 25 Years February 20, 2024 Grow IWM The following is reprinted from University of Illinois’ ACES News. It has been a quarter century since corn and soybeans... Read More
Testing for Herbicide Resistance: A Look at Montana State’s Options February 6, 2024 Grow IWM When a herbicide stops killing a weed, farmers are left with a lot of questions. Is it herbicide resistance? Will other... Read More
Cover Crops for Weed Control: The Keys for Success January 23, 2024 Grow IWM Just like any other crop, winter weeds can outcompete a cover crop if that cover crop has poor germination or establishment. So... Read More
The Hunt to Make Cereal Rye More Competitive Above & Below Ground January 16, 2024 Grow IWM There are a lot of ways to keep a weed seed down with cover crops. Above ground, you can rob them of the light, temperatures,... Read More
New Year, New Weedy Wisdom January 9, 2024 Grow IWM The world is another year older, and its weeds are another year wiser. So what better way to jumpstart your New Year’s... Read More
How to Make Cover Crops Work in Montana January 2, 2024 Grow IWM Water is a precious commodity in Montana cropping and livestock systems, where annual rainfall amounts can range from 6 to 22... Read More
Narrow Soybean Rows: How to Manage Both Weeds & White Mold November 14, 2023 Grow IWM When it comes to choosing soybean row spacing, some farmers feel torn between opting for narrow rows and better weed control or... Read More
Cheatgrass (Downy Brome) Management in the Western U.S. November 7, 2023 Grow IWM Downy brome is a weed so famous for stealing wheat yields that the pioneers dubbed it “cheatgrass,” when they first... Read More