306 Berg Agricultural Hall
Agronomy, Horticulture & Plant Science-2207A
Brookings, SD 57007
Eric supports the citizens of South Dakota as an Assistant Professor and SDSU Extension Weed Management Specialist at the South Dakota State University campus in Brookings.
Over-the-top dicamba products for application in soybean have been relabeled for the 2026 growing season. A stipulation for applying these herbicides is a cutoff date of June 30 or R1 soybean.
Pasture, rangelands and rights-of-way are starting to turn yellow, purple, or even a mix of both due to rapid growth of noxious weeds. Now is the time to implement management tactics to ensure the weeds do not outcompete desirable vegetation and invade adjacent land.
Weather cannot be controlled, but there are variables we can control to help increase the effectiveness of postemergence herbicides during drought conditions.
