Weed, Pest and Disease Management

Articles & Websites

• Mechanical Weed Control Field Guide, (11 pp PDF) The Land Connection
• Managing Weeds in Organic Farming Systems: An Ecological Approach (2009, 18 pp PDF) Matt Liebamn, Iowa State Univ and Adam S. Davis, USDA Research Service
• Organic Weed Control in Field Crops  (2012 web article) Dan Rosman, Michigan State University Extension
• Creating a Weed Management Plan for Your Organic Farm (2015, 8 pp PDF) Penn State Extension
• Innovative Cultivation Tools (2 pp PDF) Joseph Sieczka, U of Connecticut
• Weed Control in Soy With a Finger Weeder (2017, 2 pp PDF) Research Institute of Organic Agriculture
• Rotation: Risk Management for Organic Producers (2010, 13 pp PDF) Kristine Mordaca and Craig Schaffer, Univ of MN, Risk Management Guide for Organic Producers
• Weed Management in Organic Cropping Systems (2005, downloadabe PDF) Penn State
• Early Season Weed Control (2005, 22 pp PDF) Klass & Mary-Howell Martens

Videos

• Farmers Speak: Equipment Tour (14.43 mins) Join farmer Daryl Hinderman in a tour of his machinery row, discussing uses and management. 2020 OGRAIN YouTube video
• Farmers Speak: Crop Rotation (8.44 mins) Farmers Sandy Syburg, Paul Bickford, Daryl Hinderman, Jonathan Olson and Gary McDonald share crop rotation strategies. 2020 OGRAIN YouTube video
• Innovative weed management tools (13 mins) Brian Luck, UW-Madison, YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
• Innovative weed management tools (18 mins) Loran Steinlage, Underground Agriculture,YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
• New equipment technologies for row crop and cover crop management (14 mins.) Brian Luck, UW Madison.YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.
• New equipment technologies for row crop and cover crop management (19 mins.) Joe Bassett,  Dawn Equipment. YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.
• New equipment technologies for row crop and cover crop management (18.4 mins.) Sam Hitchcock-Tilton, Lakeshore Technical College. YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.
• Ag equipment technology discussion (14 mins.) Joe Bassett, (Dawn Equipment and Underground Agriculture) Sam Hitchcock-Tilton, (Lakeshore Technical College) and Brian Luck, (UW Madison.) YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.
• Organic Weed Control, Gary McDonald, YouTube Video 2017 OGRAIN Winter Conference
• Mechanical Weeding OGRAIN field day video, Arlington Research Station, 7/16/18
• Ecological weed management in organic systems (17 mins) Adam Davis, University of Illinois,YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
• Ecological management for tough weeds: Canada Thistle (23 mins) Dave Campbell, Lily Lake Farm, YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
  
• Ecological management for tough weeds: Ragweed (14 mins) Tom Frantzen, Frantzen Farms,YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
• Organic Ecological Weed Management, Matt Liebman, Iowa State University, YouTube Video, 2018 OGRAIN Winter Conference
• Managing Crop Pests and Diseases Through Practices Not Products, Klaas Martens, Lakeview Organic Grains, YouTube Video, 2018 OGRAIN Winter Conference
• More beneficial insects through habitat enhancement (44 mins) Matt O’Neal, Iowa State University,YouTube video 2020 OGRAIN Conference
• Multiple tactics to manage weeds in reduced tillage organic grain systems (71 mins.) John Wallace, Penn State University. YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.
• Management of diseases and mycotoxins in organic crop rotations (59 mins.) Gary Bergstrom, Cornell University. YouTube video 2019 OGRAIN Conference.

PowerPoint Presentations

• Mechanical Weed Management Chuck Mohler, Cornell University, powerpoint presentation
• Introduction to Organic Weed Control Joel Gruver, Western Illinois University  (pdf file of 2018 OGRAIN Winter Conference powerpoint presentation)
• Ecological Weed Management Matt Liebman, Iowa State University  (pdf file of 2018 OGRAIN Winter Conference powerpoint presentation)

White Mold Management in Organic Dry Beans Sarah Pethybridge, Cornell University, (pdf file of 2026 Marbleseed Organic Farming Conference dry bean workshop powerpoint presentation)