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Household hazardous material collection events scheduled for fall 2025
Now is the time to get rid of any old or unwanted pesticides in your chemical storage area. The Illinois EPA one-day household hazardous waste...
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Getting ready for an agronomy service call
This article is for educational purposes and not to be considered legal advice.How should a farmer prepare for an agronomy service call when...
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Spring cleaning of pesticide storage areas
For many, spring is an opportunity to deep clean and organize homes, offices and other areas that have become cluttered over the winter and previous...
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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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New land grant research detects dicamba damage from the sky
URBANA, Ill — Drones can now detect subtle soybean canopy damage from dicamba at one ten-thousandth of the herbicide’s label rate — simulating vapor drift — eight days after application. This advancement in remote sensing from the University of Illinois...
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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...
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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...
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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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