SHIELDS, North Dakota — Another Palmer amaranth weed outbreak believed to be caused by contaminated sunflower screenings from Cass County, North Dakota, is creating new scrutiny for the inexpensive ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Populations of the fast-spreading Palmer amaranth weed have been confirmed in five counties in northwestern Indiana, a Purdue Extension weed specialist says. At least 50 corn ...

HOLDREGE, Neb. - The three dozen agriculturalists peered through the bus windows to get their first good look at what they'd come from North Dakota to see: A field infested with Palmer amaranth, the ...

In Benson County, North Dakota, where Palmer amaranth was first found in 2017, Scott Knocke, North Dakota State University agricultural extension agent, continues to teach farmers how to identify and ...

Jason Bond has been battling Palmer amaranth for years. And he has this advice for Upper Midwest farmers encountering the weed for the first time. "If I was a farmer up there, and I see a small patch ...

This map of Indiana shows areas, colored in red, where the Palmer amaranth weed has been confirmed. (Purdue Department of Botany and Plant Pathology map) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Two ...

The University of Minnesota Extension Weed Science staff urges farmers to check fields for Palmer amaranth, an aggressive weed that can put corn and soybean crops at risk. A plant detected in a native ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... MINNEAPOLIS — It’s a beast of a weed, creeping north into the Midwest from cotton country. Palmer amaranth can shoot up as high as 7 feet, and just one plant ...