Invasive plant species St John’s Wort in the Black Hills SD. This invasive species is spread via wind or animals. Once this weed is on the site, it spreads by seeds or rhizomes and will take over a pasture or meadow. It lowers the plant community diversity and degrades wildlife habitat. Biocontrol insects are available to use on St. John’s Wort. St. John’s Wort is listed as a locally noxious weed in Lawrence County.

The practice of Herbaceous Weed Control (315) can be utilized to address resource concerns such as:

Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

Terrestrial Habitat for Wildlife and Invertebrates

Quantity, quality or connectivity of food, cover, space, shelter, and/or water is inadequate to meet requirements of identified terrestrial wildlife or invertebrate species.

Perhaps the greatest threat to wildlife is habitat loss through lack of management, invasive plants, and habitat conversion or destruction. Habitat dependent organisms that lack adequate tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant cover necessary for mating and nesting, or shelter and cover for nesting, feeding, and resting will not thrive.

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Upland rice weeds / EUPHORBIACEAE (spurge family)

Weed name: Euphorbia hirta L.

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Lowland rice weeds / ONAGRACEAE (evening-primrose family)

Weed name: Ludwigia octovalvis (Jacq.) Raven

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Invasive plant species Canada Thistle in Western SD. This invasive species is spread via vehicles, humans, or animals. Once this weed is on the site, it spreads by seeds or rhizomes and will take over a pasture or meadow. It lowers the plant community diversity and degrades wildlife habitat. Biocontrol insects are available to use on Canada Thistle. Canada thistle is listed as a state noxious weed in South Dakota.

Conservation practice 528, Prescribed Grazing, can be used to maintain healthy rangeland and favor grass growth. Few thistles occur where grazing is managed and overgrazing is prevented. Livestock will graze on thistle when it is young and green. Additionally, concentrating animals for high-intensity-short duration grazing during bud stage, before thistle plants flower, will help to control thistle.

Conservation practice Herbaceous Weed Control (315) can also be utilized to control thistle. Mechanical mowing/clipping, biological insect control, and chemical spraying can all be used as part of the 315 Herbaceous Weed Control practice.

Canada Thistle affects grassland, forest, and riparian areas.

Resource Concern: Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Resource Concern: Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

Resource Concern: Terrestrial Habitat for Wildlife and Invertebrates

Quantity, quality or connectivity of food, cover, space, shelter, and/or water is inadequate to meet requirements of identified terrestrial wildlife or invertebrate species.

Perhaps the greatest threat to wildlife is habitat loss through lack of management, invasive plants, and habitat conversion or destruction. Habitat dependent organisms that lack adequate tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant cover necessary for mating and nesting, or shelter and cover for nesting, feeding, and resting will not thrive.

Although thistle may serve as a food source for some insects and provide seed to some bird species, it has a negative impact on wildlife habitat quality. Canada thistle grows in dense patches and reduces the vigor and establishment of grasslands and riparian areas.

For more information on South Dakota's resource concerns, visit www.sdresrouceconcerns.org or www.farmers.gov/conserve/tool. You can also reach out to your local NRCS office or Conservation District. Find your local USDA NRCS office and employee directory at: bit.ly/ContactNRCSSD.

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Lowland rice weeds / PONTEDERIACEAE (pickerel-weed family)

Weed name: Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) Presl

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Harlequin Produce, LLC co-owners Brian Wirak and Kaly Hess run a 15 acre organic farm. They have worked with the NRCS on multiple projects since 2010. Photo taken June 10, 2019 in Arlee, Montana located in Lake County.

Gardiners Creek weed control in Ashburton

biological control of leafy spurge. Flea beetle and spurge hawkmoth on leafy spurge; Ravalli County, MT. July 2012.

Upland rice weeds / ASTERACEAE (sunflower family)

Weed name: Ageratum conyzoides L.

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Gardiners Creek weed control in Ashburton

Lowland rice weeds / CYPERACEAE (sedge family)

Weed name: Scirpus maritimus L.

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Lowland rice weeds / CYPERACEAE (sedge family)

Weed name: Fimbristylis miliacea (L.) Vahl

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...ready for fish monitoring, weed control, go pro camera maintenance and bird watching.

Weeds are undesirable plants growing within a crop and they compete for resources such as Nutrients, water and light. Without weed control, crop yields can be significantly reduced. Weeds can also cause further problems by harboring pests and diseases, interfering with harvest operations, and increasing costs of cleaning and drying the crop produce.

Herbicides prevent or eliminate weeds and thus replace or reduce manual and mechanical weeding. Because they reduce the need for cultivation, Herbicides also can prevent soil erosion and water loss.

Kenvos enjoys good market share of Herbicides including Plant Growth Regulators (PGR), and in the last couple of years. Our diversity, innovation and expertise have earned us the trust of customers and farmers throughout the world. More detailed Herbicides information is available in our website.

Our highly selective Herbicides target different crops, regions and market segments. Our market is including cereals, Corn, sugar beet and rice. The regions Middle East, Latin America, South America, Africa, South Asia are our good markets for Herbicides.

Lowland rice weeds / POACEAE (grass family)

Weed name: Echinochloa glabrescens Munro ex Hook.f.

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Invasive plant species St John’s Wort in the Black Hills SD. This invasive species is spread via wind or animals. Once this weed is on the site, it spreads by seeds or rhizomes and will take over a pasture or meadow. It lowers the plant community diversity and degrades wildlife habitat. Biocontrol insects are available to use on St. John’s Wort. St. John’s Wort is listed as a locally noxious weed in Lawrence County.

The practice of Herbaceous Weed Control (315) can be utilized to address resource concerns such as:

Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

Terrestrial Habitat for Wildlife and Invertebrates

Quantity, quality or connectivity of food, cover, space, shelter, and/or water is inadequate to meet requirements of identified terrestrial wildlife or invertebrate species.

Perhaps the greatest threat to wildlife is habitat loss through lack of management, invasive plants, and habitat conversion or destruction. Habitat dependent organisms that lack adequate tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant cover necessary for mating and nesting, or shelter and cover for nesting, feeding, and resting will not thrive.

Lowland rice weeds /POACEAE (grass family)

Weed name: Echinochloa crus-galli (L.) Beauv.

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Having filled the water tank, some highly obnoxious substance is being added. The "train" looks to be a former coach underframe - probably of indeterminate origin - for the Irish railway modeller, the position of the tail lamp is worth noting.

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Video of Yangshuo Countryside

China. Guangxi province.

Yangshuo countryside

Taro can be grown in paddy fields where water is abundant or in upland situations where water is supplied by rainfall or supplemental irrigation. Taro is one of the few crops (along with rice and lotus) that can be grown under flooded conditions. This is due to air spaces in the petiole, which permit underwater gaseous exchange with the atmosphere. For a maximum dissolved oxygen supply, the water should be cool and flowing. Warm, stagnant water causes basal rotting. For maximum yields, the water level should be controlled so that the base of the plant is always under water.

Flooded cultivation has some advantages over dry-land cultivation: higher yields (about double), out-of-season production (which may result in higher prices), and weed control (which flooding facilitates). On the other hand, in flooded production systems taro requires a longer maturation period, investment in infrastructure, and higher operational costs, and monoculture is likely.

Like most root crops, taro and eddoes do well in deep, moist or even swampy soils where the annual rainfall exceeds 2,500 mm. Eddoes are more resistant to drought and cold. The crop attains maturity within six to twelve months after planting in dry-land cultivation and after twelve to fifteen months in wetland cultivation. The crop is harvested when the plant height decreases and the leaves turn yellow. These signals are usually less distinct in flooded taro cultivation.

Harvesting is usually done by hand tools, even in mechanized production systems. First, the soil around the corm is loosened, and then, the corm is pulled up by grabbing the base of the petioles. The global average yield is 6.2 tones/hectare but varies according to the region. In Asia, average yields reach 12.6 tones/hectare

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Invasive plant species, Oxeye Daisy in Lawrence County, SD. This invasive species is spread via vehicles, humans, or animals. Once the Oxeye Daisy on the site, it spreads by seeds or rhizomes and will take over a pasture or meadow. It lowers the plant community diversity and degrades wildlife habitat. They have no natural enemies.

The practice of Herbaceous Weed Control (315) can be utilized to address resource concerns such as:

Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

Terrestrial Habitat for Wildlife and Invertebrates

Quantity, quality or connectivity of food, cover, space, shelter, and/or water is inadequate to meet requirements of identified terrestrial wildlife or invertebrate species.

Perhaps the greatest threat to wildlife is habitat loss through lack of management, invasive plants, and habitat conversion or destruction. Habitat dependent organisms that lack adequate tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant cover necessary for mating and nesting, or shelter and cover for nesting, feeding, and resting will not thrive.

For more information on South Dakota's resource concerns, visit www.sdresrouceconcerns.org or www.farmers.gov/conserve/tool. You can also reach out to your local NRCS office or Conservation District. Find your local USDA NRCS office and employee directory at: bit.ly/ContactNRCSSD

Lowland rice weeds / SPHENOCLEACEAE (sphenoclea family)

Weed name: Sphenoclea zeylanica Gaertn.

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A few more shots now unearthed of NIR's weed control train (which we called the "weed-e-kill train" - you can guess why), which has arrived at Lisburn and is replenishing its tank from the old GNR(I) era water column.

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The GE leased units work Altoona on 9-15-90. Check out the weed control! The right-of-way sure looks better today.

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One of two bars serving a ranching town of about 50 people in the Big Hole Valley, Beaverhead County, MT. Once when it was -25F I watched the Florida-Florida State football game with the bartender here. I'd say there's an apostrophe missing in the name.

As of September, 2011 the bar is closed and for sale.

Residential private garden maintenance in South Croydon, Surrey. Routine fortnightly maintenance visits to deliver always clean and enjoyable outdoors for busy working family. Lawn care, shrub bed maintenance, hand weeding, planting, weed control are some of the most important services for any type of garden. www.grassbarbers.co.uk

Lowland rice weeds / POACEAE (grass family)

Weed name: Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees

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The Giant Gourami (Osphronemus goramy) is a gourami, a freshwater fish belonging to the family Osphronemidae. Some other larger members of this family are also occasionally or regionally referred to as "giant gouramis", including the banded gourami, Polyacanthus fasciatus, and the three spot gourami, Trichogaster trichopterus. In turn the giant gourami is also sometimes known as the banded gourami, rainbow gourami, or striped gourami.

Giant Gourami build nests using weeds and twigs. Female Giant Gourami can be identified by their thicker lips. The Giant Gourami is native to parts of Indochina, Malaysia , Indonesia and India, but has been introduced elsewhere for the purpose of aquaculture.

It lives in fresh or brackish water, particularly slow-moving areas such as swamps, lakes and large rivers. It is capable of breathing moist air, so can survive out of water for long periods. It is much larger than most gouramis, growing to a maximum length of 70 cm (28 inches). In colour it is a pale to golden yellow, with silvery pale blue stripes running vertically along its body.

Partly in consequence of its size, the Giant Gourami is a significant food fish; in some parts of India, for example, it is dried and then eaten. In some of the South East Asian countries where it is native, there are aid programs promoting the 'domestication' of these fish, while in its native regions it has been harvested as a customary food source. The species has also been used for weed control as they can be voracious herbivores.

Jungle World

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Ole Miss Landscape Spray Technician Shay Baird applies weed control to the lawn behind Barnard Observatory. Photo by Robert Jordan/Ole Miss Communications

DH 3 brings the "weed control train" through Glenavy station.

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Tyke doing weed control along the old, elevated Mill Branch, in this case a juicy Scotch Thistle.

Honoring Our Past…Preserving Our History, volunteers from The New Hartford Garden Club assist in the upkeep and restoration of the Old Nepaug Cemetery.

November brought a hearty garden club work crew to the Old Nepaug Cemetery for the planting of 200 daffodil bulbs in a third year of effort to brighten the little cemetery on Route 202. Customarily outside the non-profit garden club’s town projects, members rallied around fellow member Linda Dryansky when she became involved with maintaining the Old Nepaug Cemetery and quickly realized it was a far more extensive project than initially anticipated. The list of necessities grew overwhelming as; mowing, weed control, bulb planting, repairs and preservation of the stones, etc. were initiated by the intrepid but diminutive crew.

The town’s past can be viewed carved in each stone, and history deeply marks the hallowed ground. The Old Nepaug cemetery holds 161 interments… and while most of the graves are from the 1800’s, the oldest stone is the grave of Shubael Crow (a Veteran Revolutionary War Pensioner) marking his death in 1798. Obelisks, carved stone, grave stones, markers and sculptures requiring repair, cleaning and straightening await the spring when volunteers will have at it once more.

Plans are to organize a separate and dedicated non-profit to manage the care and restoration of the cemetery as well as chronicle the compelling history represented by each headstone. If you have been seeking a rewarding way to contribute to a community project and would like to help, please contact Linda at lindadryansky@sbcglobal.net . Our winter wish list is; a non-profit guru who can shepherd volunteers through the process of setting up the organization, a marketer who can create and discharge press releases as needed, a grant writer, a biography buff/historian to search out and record the family histories from the stones, and volunteers to bring energy and ideas. Donations are welcome, and will be used for cemetery repair and upkeep.

Garden enthusiasts are encouraged to consider joining The New Hartford Garden Club; the membership fee for this rewarding nonprofit community minded group is $15.00 a year.

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Gardiners Creek weed control in Ashburton

Gardiners Creek weed control in Ashburton

Lowland rice weeds / PONTEDERIACEAE (pickerel-weed family)

Weed name: Monochoria vaginalis (Burm. f.) Presl

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Gardiners Creek weed control in Ashburton

Invasive plant species Musk Thistle in western SD. This invasive species spread by wind, water, vehicles, or animals. Musk Thistle is a biennial and reproduces solely by seed. Shown in this picture is the larvae of the musk thistle head weevil. The musk thistle head weevil was introduced to provide biocontrol to musk thistle areas. The weevil lays its eggs on the underside of the musk thistle flower. When the eggs hatch, the larvae burrow into the flower and begin consuming the developing seeds.

Conservation practice 528, Prescribed Grazing, can be used to maintain healthy rangeland and to favor grass growth. Few thistles occur where grazing is deferred and overgrazing is prevented.

Biocontrol is part of the practice of Herbaceous Weed Control (315) and can be utilized to address resource concerns such as:

Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

For more information on South Dakota's resource concerns, visit www.sdresrouceconcerns.org or www.farmers.gov/conserve/tool. You can also reach out to your local NRCS office or Conservation District. Find your local USDA NRCS office and employee directory at: bit.ly/ContactNRCSSD

The Alliance for Grassland Renewal provided an educational school to assist producers with successfully converting Kentucky 31 tall fescue to novel endophyte varieties at Wurdack Research Center in Cook Station on April 1. The School began with understanding fescue toxicosis, then walked producers through the conversion process. Conversion topics included establishment practices, fertility needs, smother crops, weed control, stand maintenance and variety selection. The school provided hands-on training for drill calibration in addition to pasture walks to observe different novel endophyte varieties. The workshop is a combination of MU, NRCS, Agribusiness and Producers presentations to give participant the opportunity to get answers to questions from a variety of perspectives and information sources.

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A landowner sprays to control weeds along windbreak near Belgrade, MT. Aug. 2009.

Invasive plant species, Common Tansy in Western SD. This invasive species is spread via vehicles, humans, or animals. Once this weed on the site, it spreads by seeds or rhizomes and will take over a pasture or meadow. It lowers the plant community diversity and degrades wildlife habitat. They have no natural enemies. Common Tansy is listed as a locally noxious weed in Lawrence County.

The practice of Herbaceous Weed Control (315) can be utilized to address resource concerns such as:

Plant Pest Pressure

Excessive damage to plant communities from pests such as undesired plants, insects, diseases, animals, soil borne pathogens, and nematodes. This concern addresses invasive plant, animal, and insect species.

Plant Structure and Composition

Plant communities have insufficient composition and structure to achieve ecological functions and management objectives.

Degraded plant composition occurs when there is a lack of diversity of plant species within a geographic area or an imbalance in the relative abundance of plant species. Degraded structure refers to plant density, distribution patterns, or height and layering that is not suited to providing the desired conservation benefits and products.

Terrestrial Habitat for Wildlife and Invertebrates

Quantity, quality or connectivity of food, cover, space, shelter, and/or water is inadequate to meet requirements of identified terrestrial wildlife or invertebrate species.

Perhaps the greatest threat to wildlife is habitat loss through lack of management, invasive plants, and habitat conversion or destruction. Habitat dependent organisms that lack adequate tree, shrub, or herbaceous plant cover necessary for mating and nesting, or shelter and cover for nesting, feeding, and resting will not thrive.

For more information on South Dakota's resource concerns, visit www.sdresrouceconcerns.org or www.farmers.gov/conserve/tool. You can also reach out to your local NRCS office or Conservation District. Find your local USDA NRCS office and employee directory at: bit.ly/ContactNRCSSD.

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Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia (Sprangletop)

Habitat and weed control with Kim at Kakahaiea, Molokai, Hawaii.

September 22, 1999

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Also known as Leptochloa uninervia.