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Sue Roesler
Feb 24, 2024
Feb 24, 2024

Quincy Law, NDSU assistant professor and invasive and noxious weeds specialist, shows a redroot pigweed at Dickinson Research Extension Center.

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Weeds are on the move across the region, whether it’s kochia found in a Minnesota soybean field or it’s Palmer amaranth found in southwestern North Dakota.

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