Farmers should carefully evaluate their herbicide choices before spraying any planted soybean fields that didn’t get their preemergence (PRE) herbicide on ahead of the rain.

In the Spring, growers may experience challenges when controlling winter annuals weeds or terminating cover crops with glyphosate-based burndown herbicide programs, specifically when glyphosate is sprayed in cool, cloudy weather conditions.

Starting weed-free (also known as “starting clean”) means planting into fields without emerged weeds, which provides the crop with the best chance to establish early and compete with weeds.