Mix up your crop rotations

Crop rotations and using herbicides with different modes of action are key tactics in the Mix it Up! strategy. A well-planned crop rotation can:

• Reduce impact of insects and diseases, leading to higher yields
• Lower input costs
• Use more competitive crops to control weeds
• Help manage crop residue, and
• Provide diversified marketing options.

From the Mix it Up! perspective, crop rotations also give you the opportunity to use herbicides from different groups with different modes of action.

Mix up your modes of action

Managing herbicide resistance depends heavily on rotating modes of action. Weeds that possess the inherent ability to survive application of certain herbicides eventually multiply and spread, and can create potentially severe control problems down the road.

It is not difficult to Mix it Up! by adjusting management practices, crop rotations and modes of action. To learn more, follow the links in this website.

Mix up your production practices

Success naturally breeds pride, contentment and reluctance to change. To paraphrase an old expression, why fix what isn't broken? Unfortunately, relying on the tried and true will not help you manage herbicide resistance.

Weeds thrive on routine management practices. Unless you Mix it Up!, weeds will adapt to what you are doing and ultimately impact yield and crop quality. If that's the bad news, the good news is that managing herbicide resistance is well within your control.

The worst thing you can do is do nothing. The Mix it Up! strategy enables you to thwart a resistant weed's inherent ability to survive control measures and keep herbicide resistance at bay.

Learn more:

• Key management strategies
• Unique modes of action