Sorghum Tips

Weed Control & Harvest Desiccation in Sorghum – 2014

Statewide

Quick Guide for Weed Control & Harvest Desiccation in Sorghum – 2014

For producers across Texas, regardless of the stage of their grain sorghum, the “Quick Guide for Weed Control & Harvest Desiccation in Sorghum-2014” is a summary of relevant herbicides labeled for grain sorghum in Texas.  This document was originally developed for the High Plains, but we have expanded it to include grain sorghum statewide. Though this document is not a substitute for labels, it does contain some of the ‘first hand’ information you need for weed control decisions such as application rates that reflect soil texture, whether you need a seed safener (there are herbicides with active ingredients similar to s-metolochlor, e.g. Dual/Dual Magnum that require it), and rotation restrictions to common crops.

The document is currently available online here.

High Plains

Grain Sorghum & Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Ameranth

With the recent rains since Memorial Day weekend, we are seeing an explosion of pigweed species in the Texas High Plains. Glyphosate-resistant pigweed is widely prevalent now, but if you are growing grain sorghum don’t miss the opportunity to use herbicides that work well on the resistant Palmer Ameranth species if you are out of cotton for 2014. Huskie herbicide is one common means of addressing this problem weed in your cropping system.  For an AgriLife Extension summary of Huskie herbicide, click here.

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