Join Sarah and Joe as they describe what the Weed Contest is all about and hear from four students that are participating in the contest this year. Learn more about North Central Weed Science Society and the contest here. 

Sarah and Joe visit with graduate students to discuss some the training opportunities available at the summer weed contest sponsored by the North Central Weed Science Society.

Joe joins us this week and gives updates from around the states. He discusses an update on one of his research locations and talks about how weed seed was imported through cheap cattle feed.

We hope everyone had a great holiday weekend last week! We are back with Mandy Bish who is joined by Dr. Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee. They discuss the herbicide issues we are facing and the different herbicide management practices we can use for crops.

This week Sarah gives some insights on the weather from our three hosts' states and talks about spraying management. Aaron Hager joins us this week as our guest from the University of Illinois. He discusses weed management, graduate research, and other exciting topics.

Tune in this week to get an update from Joe as he discusses the wheat harvest weather updates. Travis Legleiter joins Joe to share his wheat harvest updates from Kentucky. Don't forget June 30th is the Dicamba cut-off date!

Quick update from Mandy Bish with a guest speaker, Erin Burns, from the University of Michigan. Mandy discusses the weather along with herbicide application.

Sarah Lancaster covers the field updates and discusses the concerns from the rain amounts some have received along with the difficulties of the control of weeds. Guest speaker this week is Rodrigo Werle from the University of Wisconsin.

Joe covers the field updates from Sarah, Mandy, and himself. He discusses Pigweed density, weed control, and herbicide application.

Mandy talks about the rain mounts seen in Missouri, North Dakota, and Kansas along with planting conditions and yield loses. Please consider filling out our listener survey.