Kansas State University

With the advent of yield monitors in the field, many producers are doing their own side-by-side comparisons of plant populations, fertilizer treatments, planting dates or many other agronomic factors. These comparisons are useful to the producer, but it would be even more helpful to be able to find out what other producers in the area are doing as well.

Kansas State University

We inspected wheat fields in Sedgwick and Sumner counties on Thursday, March 24. For the most part, wheat is in very good condition in this area.

The development of populations of kochia resistant to either ALS-inhibitor herbicides, glyphosate, and/or triazines in Kansas means that producers may have to put a little extra time and effort into controlling this tough summer annual broadleaf weed. Control can still be achieved in almost all cases in both sunflower and soybeans, especially if: (1) a combination of herbicides is used with different modes of action, and (2) control measures begin early in the spring.