A U.S. propane industry group is touting the concept of injecting steam into soil to kill weed seeds, but other research shows difficulties in heating soil to a high enough temperature to kill weed seeds with a mobile implement.
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Using steam as a weed control alternative to chemicals
Two application methods highlight efficacy rates and cost differences
Reducing wild oat populations through rotations
Science Brief: Combining harvest weed seed control with early-maturing crops may limit wild oat populations
Breanne Tidemann has led several research projects looking at whether harvest weed seed control can effectively control weeds. She’s found that combining harvest weed seed control with early-maturing crops may limit wild oat populations, and may lengthen the effectiveness of available herbicides. Harvest weed seed control, developed in Australia, uses equipment such as the Harrington […] Read more
A Saskatchewan farmer is combining weed control with harvest
The Seed Terminator, an attachment that destroys weed seeds on their way out of the combine, is being put to work on a farm north of Saskatoon
Josh Lade’s farm is all-in on a combine attachment called the Seed Terminator, on which he’s spent mid-six figures over the past seven years, making sure it’s put to work on every acre controlling what he calls “the fittest weeds of the year.”
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