Welcome back to season 9 of War Against Weeds! We are so excited to be back, and to start our season off with Roger Batts to discuss his work with the IR-4 Project. Learn about what IR-4 is and what services it provides for farmers across the United States.

For our final episode of season 8, we have agronomists Kyle Okke, Jason Hanson and Jeff Nagel on to discuss the economics of weed control for growers. They cover their major weed challenges and how additional inputs like machinery cost, fertility, and pest management are all factored into planning for '25. Let's wrap up this season by reflecting on '24, and looking into '25!

You can find Jason and Kyle on X at:

@rocknrollagrnmy and @okkefromuskogee

And find their podcast Agronomists Happy Hour at https://agronomistshappyhour.com/

And on X @AgHappyHour

You can find more information about Keystone Cooperative here:

https://www.keystonecoop.com/

Thank you all for another great season!

Dr. Todd Gaines with Colorado State University joins us this week to talk about some novel genetic methods to control weeds! He covers the genomic timeline and how things have changed through the years, and how genomics helps understand herbicide resistance by identifying target site genes and mutations.

Some links that Dr. Gaines wanted to share:

https://www.weedgenomics.org/

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13059-024-03274-y

https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/resinf/opm/2024/00000035/00000004/art00002

Welcome back to the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week we are joined by guests Jeremy Safranski (Director of Strategic Planning at CHS Inc.) and Mike Bjertness (Management at C-W Valley Co-op) to discuss the herbicide supply chain and their experiences in the United States.

You can find these two guests here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-bjertness-cca-0b404326a/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-safranski0312/

And the links they provided for more information:

www.cwvalley.com

www.chsinc.com

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast, we have special guests Drs. Cara McCauley and Jason Adams on to chat about the herbicide discovery process. They cover the many things involved in creating new chemistries for farmers to use in the war against weeds!

If you want to reach out to either of our guests, you can find them here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-mccauley/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-adams-6b356322b/

Thanks for listening!

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast, we have Drs. Dale Shaner and Tom Mueller joining us to discuss enhanced degradation of triazine herbicides!

You can find more information on this topic at these links below provided by our guests.

https://utia.tennessee.edu/publications/wp-content/uploads/sites/269/2023/10/PB1580.pdf

https://utcrops.com/

https://scijournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/ps.1909

Thanks for listening!

This week Joe and Alyssa chat with Larry Steckel from the University of Tennessee!

We are partnered with Crop Protection Network (CPN), so check out their page for more great information, and thanks to our sponsor North Central IPM Center for their support!

This week we are talking pumpkins! Dr. Marty Williams and Dr. Alan Walters chat with Sarah and Alyssa about pumpkin production in Illinois. Jack-o'-lanterns, processing pumpkins, and gigantic pumpkins oh my!

You can find more information about our guests at: www.martywilliamslab.com

and https://academics.siu.edu/agriculture/horticulture/faculty/walters-alan.php

Marty's Reference Table:

Table E-4 shows crop rotation planting restrictions for a long list of herbicides. (Click on link below!)

https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/2022-01/2022-2023%20Vegetable%20Production%20Recommendations.pdf

This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast, Sarah and Joe chat with Lynn Sosnoskie (Cornell University) and Thierry Besançon (Rutgers University) about LASER WEEDING! Some highlights from the episode include how these machines work, their utility in different cropping systems, and how this could change weed control in the future!

Lynn can be found on X @LynnSosnoskie and Instagram @specialtycropweedscience

Thierry can also be found on Instagram @thierrybesancon

For more information about Carbon Robotics you can find them here: https://carbonrobotics.com/

Thank you for listening!

Witchweed! This spooky parasitic weed is the topic of this week's episode. Alyssa and Joe chat about witchweed's biology, history and economic impact with Dr. Bridget Lassiter and Dr. David Nelson!

You can find more information about Dr. Nelson at https://nelsonlab.ucr.edu/, and here are some additional links that our guests mentioned in the episode.

https://www.toothpickproject.org/

https://promise.nioo.knaw.nl/en

https://academic.oup.com/plphys/article/185/4/1292/6041598

www.invasiveplantcontrol.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/roberteplee.pdf