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Wet weather and mild winter creates pest and weed challenges
Apr 6, 2017, 14:39 PM
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An agronomist says the wet weather combined with the mild winter will give farmers an extra challenge when it comes to weed and pest control this spring.
Matt Montgomery with Illinois-based Burrus Seed says winter annuals have gotten out of control this year. “When that happens cyst nematode claps its hands and black cutworm starts setting dinner reservations,” he says. “Because winter annuals are an attractive crop for things like black cutworm. They aren’t just an impediment to getting a crop planted they also are an attractant to certain pests.”
He tells Brownfield that is one of the ripple effects of the delays this spring.
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