Sarah shares a quick overview of field activities related to weed management in Missouri, North Dakota, and Kansas.

Sarah, Joe, and Mandy review the topics and highlights of the first season of full length podcasts and share a vision for the future of the podcast. A listener survey is announced.

Joe and Mandy talk with Travis Legleiter, Extension Assistant Professor with the University of Kentucky about factors to consider when selection a spray nozzle.

Sarah and Joe catch up with Bill Johnson, Extension Weed Scientist at Purdue University to talk about whys and hows of sprayer cleanout.

Mandy and Joe talk with Jean Payne as she prepares to retire after 17 years as the President of the Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association. The topic is concerns of custom applicators in 2021.

Joe and Mandy talk recommendations for controlling volunteer corn with Meaghan Anderson, a field agronomist with Iowa State University Extension.

In part 2 of our cover crop conversation, Mandy and Sarah visit with Trey Hill of Harborview Farms in Maryland about his experiences with cover crops.

Cover crops are such a hot topic that we're going to spend two episodes on the subject. In part 1, Mandy and Sarah visit with Kevin Bradley from the University of Missouri to discuss what the research says about weed management with cover crops.

Joe and Mandy visit with Mark VanGessel from the University of Delaware, who was the first to confirm glyphosate-resistant marestail (horseweed) in the US. The discussion focuses on how wind helps marestail move long distances and offers some tips for control.

Sarah and Mandy talk with Iowa State Weed Scientist Bob Hartzler about managing the soil weed seed bank.