Mid-Atlantic Spray Drone Workshop is on July 23-24, 2024. Limited spots, pls register ASAP. Speakers are from FAA, EPA, USDA, universities, industry. Field visit to specialty & row-crops. Free for farmers. register.ext.vt.edu/search/publicC… Virginia Tech CALS UD Extension UME The IR-4 Project

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Seed impact mills can work in wheat & soybean chaff to kill weed seeds, but can they handle cotton trash? Researchers from Texas A&M Sarah Chu Texas A&M Weed Science Research and Virginia Tech Michael Flessner are teaming up to find out! growiwm.org/can-seed-impac…

Several plants have been added to Virginia's noxious weed list. The full list is here: law.lis.virginia.gov/admincode/titl…

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Today is another Weedy Wednesday, GROW's monthly spotlight on weed ID tips! #weedywednesday Cristiana Rankrape, a grad student at SIU Carbondale w/ Karla Gage, has some quick tips on how to ID giant foxtail. To learn more visit the new GROW weed page she wrote: growiwm.org/weeds/giant-fo…

GROW has always partnered with innovative farmers who are experimenting with and mastering new IWM tactics such as harvest weed seed control, cover crops and more. Now you can find their stories all in one place on our new Farmer Case Studies webpage! growiwm.org/learn-from-the…

Super proud of the VT Weed Team. Took home 1st and 3rd place grad teams, 1st and 3rd grad individual, and top score in 4/5 events! #GoHokies 3rd place team is all turf pathologists BTW! Northeastern Weed Science Society Shawn Askew, Ph.D. David McCall Michael Flessner VT School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Virginia Tech CALS

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Establishing cover crops in the fall after soybeans can be a challenge! Learn what PSU's Heidi Reed is learning about the practice of interseeding cover crops into standing beans with drones – and how it compares to other methods, like drill seeding. growiwm.org/drone-seeding-…

Can narrow windrow burning kill troublesome weed seeds in the U.S.? Yes. Should you grab your lighters and head to the field this fall? Not so fast! Learn more about researchers' (Michael Flessner) experience with this risky harvest weed seed control tactic: growiwm.org/narrow-windrow…

The Virginia Soybean Field Day is next week 🌱 Come see the latest soybean breeding, research, varieties, and production methods ➡bit.ly/SoyFieldDay

Excited about communicating ag? Consider joining our team: careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us/j…

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Congratulations to all the students who participated in the regional weed contests this year! Keep up the great work!