S1E2. Unsightly Fields: Organic is a Weedy Mess
Jul 27, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
A good field is a clean field. Weeds are thieves that steal your yield and your profit. How is it possible for organic grain farmers to keep a clean field without the use of modern herbicide programs? Isn't organic farming just a weedy mess?
Separate the wheat from the chaff and myth from reality with this episode's guests:
- Dr. Adam Davis, University of Illinois Crop Sciences
- Dr. Kathleen Delate, Iowa State University
- Randy Hughes, organic farmer
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