Our last topic for the season is weed control in MINT! Our guests this week are Dr. Stephen Meyers with Purdue University, and Dr. Pete Berry with Oregon State University. They chat about the challenges in growing mint, and share some other interesting facts about growing this specialty crop! Dr. Stephen Meyers and his lab can be found at the links below: https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/hla-happenings/article-tags/dr-stephen-meyers-lab/ https://twitter.com/stephenlmeyers Dr. Pete Berry can be f...
Apr 24, 2024•42 min•Season 7Ep. 15
Welcome Back to the War Against Weeds Podcast! This week Joe and Sarah discuss harvest weed seed control with Breanne Tidemann. Breanne is a research scientist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada with her focus on weed management and field agronomy. Listen in to learn all about harvest weed seed control up in Canada!
Apr 17, 2024•47 min•Season 7Ep. 14
Join us this week as Joe and Sarah chat with Dr. Clarence Swanton with the University of Guelph, while he delves into the intricacies of plant growth!
Apr 10, 2024•52 min•Season 7Ep. 13
This weeks topic is carry over! Sarah and Alyssa chat with guest host Kevin Bradly from the University of Missouri about herbicide carry over.
Apr 03, 2024•36 min•Season 7Ep. 12
This week Sarah and Joe chat with Bryan Young from Purdue University about crop injury!
Mar 27, 2024•50 min•Season 7Ep. 11
This week our topic is interseeding! What is interseeding? How is it used, and how can it be beneficial for growers? Find out in this episode! Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Karla Gage with Southern Illinois University about her work with interseeding across the country.
Mar 20, 2024•37 min•Season 7Ep. 10
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Sarah discuss weed control failures with Dr. Peter Sikkema (@psikkema1) who recently retired from the University of Guelph. Thanks to our friends and sponsors @CropNetwork and @ncipmc for their support! Check out their pages for more great info!
Mar 13, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 9
This week Joe and Alyssa are joined by Dr. Brian Mealor from the University of Wyoming with another exciting episode about weed control in rangelands. This week they talk specifically about broadleaf weeds including leafy spurge, yellow toadflax, purple loosestrife and many many others. Interested in a summer internship in Wyoming? Check out our social media to see a flyer with more information. Other links mentioned in the episode: https://www.invasivegrasses.com/ https://www.uwyo.edu/plantscie...
Mar 06, 2024•53 min•Season 7Ep. 8
Alyssa and Joe chat with Bill Johnson from Purdue University about poison hemlock, and other plants from the parsley family.
Feb 28, 2024•24 min•Season 7Ep. 7
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Joe and Sarah chat with Tommy Butts about herbicide burndowns in no-till fields. An Arkansas, Kansas, and North Dakota perspective on burning down weeds prior to or after planting. Some links Tommy mentioned in the episode: https://www.uaex.uada.edu/farm-ranch/pest-management/weed/default.aspx https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/purdueweedscience/ Tommy Butts on Twitter/X: @weedsARwild...
Feb 21, 2024•46 min•Season 7Ep. 6
Sarah and Alyssa chat with Dustyn Sawall about herbicide formulations. Dustyn works as a principle chemist for Winfield United and really gets “into the weeds” about the behind the scenes work and ideas that go into formulating the herbicides that make it to the market.
Feb 14, 2024•29 min•Season 7Ep. 5
Sarah and Joe chat with Dr. Dean Riechers from Univeristy of Illinois about safeners. What they are, how they are used and potential future uses!
Feb 07, 2024•42 min•Season 7Ep. 4
This week’s topic is ~isomers~ Join Sarah and Alyssa as they sit down with Mark Kitt, a Technical Product Lead with Syngenta to chat about herbicide formulations.
Jan 31, 2024•28 min•Season 7Ep. 3
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Joe chat with Marty Williams and Christopher Landau about glyphosate resistance in North America. The Silver Bullet That Wasn’t: Rapid Agronomic Weed Adaptations to glyphosate in North America Here is a link to the article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10697415/
Jan 24, 2024•35 min•Season 7Ep. 2
We are BACK with our first episode of season 7! This week all three hosts chat with 3 farmers from the Midwest about their weed management programs and experiences. Our guests include Mike Langseth from North Dakota, Rick Clifton from Ohio, and Scott Gigstad from Kansas.
Jan 17, 2024•40 min•Season 7Ep. 1
Tune in to our last episode of the season, where Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Jim Westwood and Dr. Claude dePamphilis about parasitic plants. (Including mistletoe, among many others!) Some links mentioned in the episode: https://spes.vt.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/westwood-james.html https://www.huck.psu.edu/people/claude-depamphilis...
Dec 20, 2023•46 min•Season 6Ep. 16
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Joe and Alyssa are joined by Dr. Hartzler to discuss the North Central Weed Science Society and how it has grown and changed over the years.
Dec 13, 2023•46 min•Season 6Ep. 15
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Sarah and Joe chat with Mark Waddington about his perspective on weed management in Europe.
Dec 06, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 14
Join Joe and Sarah this week as they chat with Hudson Takano about herbicide modes of action!
Nov 29, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 13
EAT THE WEEDS! We have a SPECIAL episode this week for Thanksgiving. Alyssa and Sarah chat with WAW podcast editor Steph DeSimini about edible weeds!!
Nov 22, 2023•21 min•Season 6Ep. 12
Sarah and Alyssa chat with Dr. Aaron Hager about Group 15 herbicides (Long-Chain Fatty Acid Inhibitors)! Listen now!
Nov 15, 2023•44 min•Season 6Ep. 11
This week Sarah and Alyssa sit down with Dr. Nathan Mueller and Dr. Elizabeth Hawkins to talk about on farm research!
Nov 08, 2023•34 min•Season 6Ep. 10
This week Alyssa and Joe chat with Dr. Bill Johnson from Purdue University about weed control guides. How they are made, the differences between regions, and the importance of these guides. Listen now! Some links mentioned in the episode: https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/ https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/extension/publications/north-dakota-weed-control-guide...
Nov 01, 2023•38 min•Season 6Ep. 9
This week Sarah and Alyssa are joined by Tom Wolf, Lauren Lazaro (@laurenmlazaro) and Brian Burgran to talk about targeted spray applications! You can find more information about more of their links provided below: https://sprayers101.com/ https://www.facebook.com/PrairieLandPartnersLLC/
Oct 25, 2023•50 min•Season 6Ep. 8
This week Alyssa and Sarah are joined by Dr. AJ. Tarpoff from Kansas State University. They discuss poisonous plants in livestock!
Oct 18, 2023•51 min•Season 6Ep. 7
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast we are joined by Dr. Brian Mealor from the University of Wyoming to discuss weed control in pasture and rangeland. Link mentioned in the episode: https://www.eddmaps.org/
Oct 11, 2023•53 min•Season 6Ep. 6
Noxious weeds, robot mowers, and snow mold, oh my! Join us this week as Joe and Sarah chat with turf weed scientist, Dr. Quincy Law.
Oct 04, 2023•41 min•Season 6Ep. 5
This week on the War Against Weeds Podcast Alyssa and Joe are joined by Dr. Flessner, an extension specialist with Virginia Tech (@VTAGWeeds). They chat about harvest weed seed control methods, pros and cons, and how folks can look into these methods for their own farms. Here are some links mentioned in the episode to get started: https://growiwm.org/is-it-time-to-consider-harvest-weed-seed-control/ https://growiwm.org/tag/grow-farmer-forum/...
Sep 27, 2023•42 min•Season 6Ep. 4
This week Sarah and Joe are joined by special guests Dr. Kelly Tindall, Dr. Cameron Douglass, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, and Dr. Lee Van Wychen. Part 2 covers the herbicide strategy plan in more detail. Please check out these links to learn more about the topics discussed today: Webinar Link to EPA’s Proposed Herbicide Strategy and EPA’s Vulnerable Species Pilot Project: https://www.usda.gov/oce/pest/webinar Draft Strategy Press Release: https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-releases-draft-strategy-b...
Sep 20, 2023•47 min•Season 6Ep. 3
This week Sarah and Joe are joined by special guests Dr. Kelly Tindall, Dr. Cameron Douglass, Dr. Stanley Culpepper, and Dr. Lee Van Wychen. In part 1 they introduce the vulnerable species pilot program and the herbicide strategy plan. Part 2 will cover the herbicide strategy plan in more detail. Please check out these links to learn more about the topics discussed today: Webinar Link to EPA’s Proposed Herbicide Strategy and EPA’s Vulnerable Species Pilot Project: https://www.usda.gov/oce/pest/w...
Sep 13, 2023•24 min•Season 6Ep. 2
