Pigweed is a plant in the Amaranthaceae family, and there are a number of different Amaranthus species that are listed as invasive in the United States. Cultivated varieties, like the stunning ...

“Farmers, for the most part, are doing what the experts are telling them and taking a ‘zero tolerance’ approach to pigweed, but it also includes killing everything else as well ...

The names we give these creatures are a testament to humanity’s disgust: pigweed, dogbane, horseweed, sow thistle, stink grass, ragwort, poverty sumpweed. Programmed by evolution to eke out a ...

Here is a countdown of the top 5 allergy-causing plants. At number 5 is Pigweed. Also called Tumbleweed, it's found throughout the U.S. and pollinates from late summer till winter. So if you see a ...

Each year in late summer, I drive a loop around the Madison County noting types and severity of weeds I see above soybean ...

Wonder where the next pigweed outbreak will come from? Listen for quacks and honks, and look up. Palmer amaranth typically hitches a ride north on used equipment, custom harvesters, hay ...

As Palmer amaranth continues to spread across the Intermountain West, the University of Wyoming Extension has released a new ...

“Corn didn’t really kick in as a crop until about 1000 A.D.” The first known crops, he said, were sunflowers and weeds, namely lamb’s quarters, goose foot and pig weed. Agriculture got its ...

It’s safe to get your flu shot and COVID shot at the same time, if you choose, and in the same arm or different arms. In ...

For many people with allergies, fall is peak season. It’s now probably compounded by a warming planet, scientists say. A ...

Well, it’s dry again and we really could use a good soaking rain. The grass pastures had been growing nice up to about two ...