Over the past few years, a popular programming topic among farmers that I serve has been weed ID and control. I have held several weed ID and control classroom programs, as well as several in-the-field programs, at various times of the year. And I continue to receive more requests and inquiries on the topic.

                This past November we held a classroom program on Fall Weed Control and ID in. Once again it was very well attended with 20+, with lots of audience interaction. I covered 20 invasive, emerging, and continuing weeds that are plaguing local farms. We covered ID, timing of control, chemical and cultural ways to control them, etc.

                We then held a Winter Annual Weeds ID and Control classroom program in early March. This again had well over 20 attendees. We covered basically the same information as the fall meeting, just with a different set of weeds for the different time of year. 

                (On May 23^rd, we are having another session. This one will deal with Summer Weed ID and Control. It will be a mix of classroom and in the field. We will again cover ID and control but of a different set of weeds, this time the summer varieties, which may be the most important to control in pastures and hay fields. Will update this after that program has been held.)

                Since the programs, I have had occasion to interact with many of those who attended. Several have talked about making herbicide purchases to target some of the weeds we discussed that are on their farms, that they are now able to ID. Others have talked about how they are starting to recognize that they have some of the weeds we talked about and that they may be more pervasive than they had thought previously.

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