New herbicide management for runoff, erosion & drift
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March 2, 2026

New herbicide management for runoff, erosion & drift

A recent shift toward more restrictive weed control measures along with new, mandatory pesticide application rules has been mandated by the EPA. Wesley Everman, Ph.D., Iowa State Extension weed specialist, began an explanation of the rule changes with a brief history of what brought the EPA to develop a new herbicide strategy.

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