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Read article: IDOA issues guidance on new law concerning pesticide application in rights-of-way
IDOA issues guidance on new law concerning pesticide application in rights-of-way
On January 1, 2025, a new law went into effect that could affect Illinois’ pesticide applicators working in rights-of-way areas. The Illinois...
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Read article: EPA’s final herbicide strategy for ESA: What could change
EPA’s final herbicide strategy for ESA: What could change
The following description has been endorsed by the Weed Science Society of America1: What is the Endangered Species Act (ESA)?The...
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Read article: Pesticide Pitfalls: Common Misuses and What to Do If You've Made a Mistake
Pesticide Pitfalls: Common Misuses and What to Do If You've Made a Mistake
You sprayed what? Where? There are a few occasions when it is a good thing people can’t read my facial expressions over the phone. One of those...
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Read article: Considerations before consuming produce following a pesticide misapplication
Considerations before consuming produce following a pesticide misapplication
Every summer Extension Pesticide Safety Education Specialists are asked the same type of question repeatedly by home vegetable gardeners.  The...

News Releases

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Talking Crop: A Seasonal Row Crop Production Podcast
“Talking Crop” is a seasonal row crop production podcast hosted by University of Illinois Extension Commercial Agriculture Educator, Kathryn Seebruck. The purpose of this podcast is to provide farmers and agribusiness representatives with topical information and actionable...
wild parsnip
Identify, avoid, and manage troublesome wild parsnip
URBANA, Ill. — Often parsnips, large white carrot-like root vegetables, are substituted for celery in soups and stews. The cultivated parsnip that we eat heralds from the appropriately named wild parsnip, Pastinaca sativa. However, wild parsnip is a plant to avoid. The wild version of cultivated...

Videos

Farm Management: Pre-plant Spraying

Before the seed goes in the ground, farmers spray the ground. For this particular filed the farm is using 28% nitrogen and a preplant herbicide. Thanks to technology, the farmer can utilize GPS and other onboard technology to better control the amount of spray being used.

How to Remove Garlic Mustard with Herbicide

Garlic mustard is a high-priority invasive plant that harms native forest ecosystems in Illinois. Completely removing it takes several strategic approaches over a series of years.

Chemical control can be paired with hand-pulling plants and prescribed burns to manage large infestations....

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