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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Producers who haven’t yet terminated their cover crops should now wait for warmer weather before applying herbicide, said a Purdue Extension weed scientist.
With overnight temperatures falling below freezing and daytime temperatures running 10 to 20 degrees below normal during the recent cold snap across much of the state, weed and cover crop growth has slowed or stopped, said Bill Johnson.
The type of post-emergent herbicides commonly used to terminate cover crops are much more effective when weeds and cover crops are actively growing.
“If not terminated properly, cover crops have the potential to become weeds.... (To read more, click the link below):
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