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Newly revised pest management handbooks now available
You have been patiently asking for them for a while now. The long-awaited revision of two pest management handbooks has finally happened! University...
a patch of blooming creeping Charlie plants
Managing creeping Charlie in home landscapes
As we go through our landscapes in spring and begin the inevitable task of weeding, there is one plant we commonly encounter. It creeps through...
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Do you still need training and testing to apply pesticides?
The growing season is upon us finally! With the new green growth will also come pests unfortunately. Do you have what you need to deal with them? Do...
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Corn Gluten Meal: Can it naturally prevent weeds and feed your lawn?
A natural/organic alternative to spring weed'n'feedsIf you have looked for an alternative to synthetic preemergent lawn herbicides that prevent...
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close up of Asian Copperleaf weed
Novel Illinois weed species identified in Stephenson County
Corn and soybean farmers should be scouting for a new weed this upcoming growing season. Asian copperleaf (Acalypha australis) was identified in a field in Stephenson County following corn harvest this fall. This is the first confirmed Asian copperleaf population in Illinois....
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