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Crop challenges around the Corn Belt

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Crop conditions vary from field to field around the country.

Greg LaPlante, a crop consultant for the eastern part of North Dakota and central Minnesota says there are fields that look pretty good but says there are also fields that are drowned out and storm systems have come through that have dropped hail.

He says controlling weeds has been a challenge for his growers this year.  “Crops that didn’t have a residual herbicide have a severe flash of water hemp and some other weeds coming through after the hail – and we’re still dealing with those,” he says.

LaPlante was in Indiana for the Bayer CropScience Respect the Rotation event.

He tells Brownfield the most important aspect of weed management is recognizing there is a problem.  “How do we steward our herbicides and steward our control of those weeds even in our own neighborhood and getting people to realize that,” he says.  “Another problem – a lot of farmers are used to using one particular herbicide.”

LaPlante says the days of using a “one and done herbicide application” approach to weed management are over.  To effectively manage and control weeds he says farmers have to use multiple modes of action.

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