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forage legumes are most
limited. But there are
various cultural means of
weed control that aren't
being used to their fullest
potential by today's forage
producer. Since a vigorous
stand of forage legume is a
most competitive crop, the
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presence of a significant
quantity of weeds in a forage
stand is almost invariably o
clue to some deficiency in
the management of the
forage crop.
For example, a grower
will request u recom
mendation for the control of
a specific weed problem
which appears in his forage
field in significant quantity.
Removal of the weed in
festation may be possible by
chemical means. But the
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forage crop generally won’t
spread rapidly enough to fill
in the voids created by
controlling the problem
weed. Consequently, new
weed growth moves Into the
voids and the grower has
merely traded one weed
problem for another. The
cause of the weed problem is
a less than adequate stand of
forage legume. But the
grower, in his haste to
control the weed problem,
attacked the effect rather
than the cause.
Total weed control must be
based on attacking the cause
of weed problems as a more
permanent measure of weed
control.
Pastures Need Weed
Control
Pastures are probably the
most neglected acreage on
most livestock farms. And
it’s probably because we
harvest them only indirectly.
They do provide livestock
grazing but the actual yield
isn’t measured in tons,
bushels, or pounds. Con
sequently, many livestock
producers are satisfied to
take want they can get “for
free” from their pastures
without additional in
vestment in weed control,
fertilization, and
management-.jractices.
And trying to take
everything “for free”
frequently leads to over
grazing followed by even
more serious weed invasion!
Many research studies weed
invasion! Many research
studies have shown that
livestock producers can
increase returns from their
pastures five to ten fold with
proper management.
The appropriate use of
herbicides like Banvel, 2, 4-
D, MCPA and 2,4, 5-T can
convert weed and brush
infested livestock “loafing
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areas” into productive
pastures. Corrective fer
tilization, reestablishment of
desirable forage species, and
sound grazing management
arc also important.
Just as in the case of weed
control in legume forages,
weeds in a grass pasture arc
most likely the effect. The
cause of the problem,
namely poor soil fertility,
lack of sufficient grass
cover, and-or poor pasture
management must be
considered in a total weed
control program.
A farmer should not miss
any chance to control weeds
and emphasis on non
cropland is particularly
important. After all, how
much long-term benefit is
gained by controlling thistles
in com and small grain while
maintaining a virtual thistle
nursery in a pasture or
fencerow. And it won’t do
one farmer much good to
practice total farm weed
control if his neighbors don’t
also go along with the idea.
Weed populations have
most effective means of
spreading. They’ve had
centuries of practice. Too
often we worry, argue, and
fret about whose respon
sibility it is to control a weed
infestation in non-cropland
while it matures and
produces enough seed to
maintain itself as a threat
for many years to come.
We have the tools
available today to practice
total farm weed control like
never before. And in the long
run, it will reduce perennial
weed infestations as well as
the soil’s supply of all types
of weed seeds and result in
decreased weed control costs
to the farmer.
Total farm weed control
isn’t an easy task. About the
tune you think you’ve got all
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bates covered, some tricky
weed which you had not
considered will find a means
of invading your area. Weeds
have a habit of doing this.
They’re good at it because of
their centuries of practice.
But don't give up. Modify
your program to handle the
new situation. Persistence is
the key. Never before in
weed science history have
we been in a better position
to launch a total farm effort
against weeds.
(Ron Docrsch, bom on a
Wisconsin dairy farm,
received his PhD in Soil
Science from the University
of Wisconsin-Madison in 1963
and has been an extension
weed control specialist at the
university since 1962.
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