Soil health remains a top-of-mind concern for many crop and dairy farmers. With spring planting season beginning, it’s important to take proper steps before and after planting to better control waterhemp. 

Rodrigo Werle, UW-Extension Cropping Systems Weed Specialist, says it's very hard to control waterhemp once it's established. He provides advice on how to handle this weed and the impact it can have on your yield.

“Waterhemp has evolved resistance to many common herbicides we apply post emergence and is very hard to control post emergence,” says Werle. “When not properly managed, it affects your yield but it also impacts the way farmers need to think about how they manage weeds.”

Soil health remains a top-of-mind concern for many crop and dairy farmers. With spring planting season beginning, it’s important to take proper steps before and after planting to better control waterhemp. 
Rodrigo Werle, UW-Extension Cropping Systems Weed Specialist, says it's very hard to control waterhemp once it's established. He provides advice on how to handle this weed and the impact it can have on your yield.
“Waterhemp has evolved resistance to many common herbicides we apply post emergence and is very hard to control post emergence,” says Werle. “When not properly managed, it affects your yield but it also impacts the way farmers need to think about how they manage weeds.”

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