UC Weed Science (weed control, management, ecology, and minutia)

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ELECTRIC SOLUTION: Thermal weed control via a tractor equipped with a generator, a transformer and an operator could be a solution to herbicide resistance. (Photo credit: M. Moretti)
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Electric weed control takes hold in orchards

May 31, 2022
From Page 13 of the Western Farm Press (May 2022) magazine By Lee Allen (Contributing writer) Sometimes it takes a long time for an idea to be embraced by the public. Take electric weed control, a concept first patented in 1890, yet it hadn't received much attention until a few decades ago.
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Vetch is sometimes grown with small grains, for example rye.
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Is vetch a friend or foe to livestock?

May 22, 2022
By Morgan P Doran, Rachael Long
From the Alfalfa & Forage News blog (April 29, 2022) Vetch (Vicia spp.) is growing like a weed everywhere this year, carpeting our hills with great swaths of purple flowers. What is vetch? There are several species that are commonly grown as crops, cover crops or weeds (see list at the bottom).
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