Extension specialist says late planting could make managing weeds easier

An extension weed specialist says the late start to the planting season could make it easier to manage some weeds this spring. Mark Loux tells Brownfield assuming farmers start with clean fields, there is a shorter period of weed emergence to deal with.  “And the crop grows faster,” he says.  “What we find is there’s less of a need for a second post-emergence application.”

He says farmers have lost an average of five working days in April because of climate change patterns.  

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