PASTURE WEED CONTROL - SEARCY COUNTY
Extension Education
Brad Runsick
County Extension Agent - Agriculture
University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture
Mountain Home
Abstract
\r\n Control of common pasture weeds is one of the biggest struggles facing producers in Searcy County, Arkansas. A variety of methods were used to educate producers on the benefits, both in forage quality and quantity, of controlling undesirable weeds in grass or grass/legume pasture systems. Among these methods were: a cool season weed demonstration containing 6 different herbicide treatments, a warm season weed demonstration with 6 treatments, replicated three times, a pasture weed control meeting with information concerning herbicide recommendations and sprayer calibration, newsletters containing information on weed control and demonstration results, and articles in the local newspaper with timely pasture spraying information. Through these methods, coupled with numerous phone calls and one on one consultations, the pasture weed control program in Searcy County reaches most producers in the county. Of the 617 farms in the county, the agriculture newsletter reaches 70 of those, and the news paper is distributed to 3500 in a county of less than 8,000. Several county clientele have mentioned how beneficial and pertinent the information in the news article has been, and the county office is known as the “go to” place for weed control recommendations.
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Authors: B.A. Runsick*
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Runsick*, B. County Extension Agent, Interim Staff Chair, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service, Arkansas, 72650