Tomato growers dealing with branched broomrape are likely to have another mitigation strategy available to them for the next cropping season. The weed has been appearing more frequently over the …
Efforts to Stay Ahead of Branched Broomrape in California
While overall infestations still remain relatively low, instances of branched broomrape in California have been on the rise. Industry efforts have also been ramping up in recent years to try …
Reemergence and Spread of Branched Broomrape Causes Concern
Instances of branched broomrape in California have been increasing in recent years, creating significant concern for growers. The weed has been showing up more frequently since 2017 in processing tomato …
Ways to Help Against the Battle of the Weeds in Your Garden
There are two types of weeds. The first type produces enormous quantities of seeds. These weeds are easy to pull or hoe, but new ones keep appearing. The second type …
Rice Weeds Growers Need to Look For in 2020
There are two species of rice weeds that growers will want to be closely monitoring for this year. The perennial aquatic weed marshweed, which was initially found in California in …
Stopping Weeds from Taking Over Your Garden
Cathy Isom gives you several tried and true methods on how to stop weeds from taking over your garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Nobody likes weeds …
Weed Identification Tools and Tips
Identifying what type of weeds are showing up on a farming operation is the most important step in formulating a management strategy. When a new type of weed begins to …
Celebrating National Weed Your Garden Day
You have planted your garden. The plants are growing, producing produce. But, you have other plants growing which are unwanted. Cathy Isom lets you know why you’ll want to take …
Agri View: Chemical Challenge to Control Insects
Everett Griner talks about controlling insects and pests is a challenge without the use of chemicals in today’s Agri View. Chemical Challenge to Control Insects Farmers use a lot of …
National Weed Your Garden Day
Grab your gardening tools. Cathy Isom is telling you why you’ll want to spend an extra 5 or 10 minutes celebrating in your garden today. That’s coming up on This Land …
Almond Matters: Keeping Weeds from New Plantings
In this week’s Almond Matters, brought to you by Valent USA Corporation, new plantings are going in the ground. Starting off with a clean orchard floor is key to managing …
If Weeds Could Talk What Would They Tell Us?
If our weeds in our garden could talk and why we shouldn’t ignore them. Cathy Isom fills us in on what different weeds may be saying coming up on …
Good Weeds
We’ve all had our fits with weeds, pulling them, spraying them, covering them up, digging them out, and even praying them away! Cathy Isom tells us why some weeds might …