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The power of passion was driven home after interviewing North Carolina State University Extension Specialists Dominic Reisig, Charlie Cahoon, and Wes Everman. ....
John Hart Wes Everman has been the Extension weed specialist for soybeans and small grains for 10 years. He has been on the job since 2011. At the time, Roundup Ready herbicides were taking over the world. Back in 2002, when Wes Everman was planning to pursue a Ph.D. in weed science, a number of professors discouraged him. They told him it was a dying field and that he would have a tough time landing a job come graduation. At the time, Roundup Ready herbicides were taking over the world. Everman notes that one professor didn’t want to write a letter of recommendation for him to pursue a Ph. D because he saw no future in weed science. ....
For the most part the injuries are primarily cosmetic and don’t harm yields. Crop damage from pre-emergent herbicides has become a bigger issue across North Carolina with farmers seeing stunted plants, deformed leaves and even stand loss with worries the injury will lead to yield loss. For the most part the injuries are primarily cosmetic and don’t harm yields, but Wes Everman, North Carolina State University Extension weed specialist, says farmers still need to take steps to avoid pre-emergent herbicide damage. “We can see injury from our PRE herbicides for a number of different reasons. Our rate can be high. We could have sprayer overlaps. Maybe more commonly, especially with the heavy rains we’ve seen in the spring, we can have soil movement. Some herbicides stick to that soil a little more tightly than others, and they can move with that soil,” Everman said during an Extension weed management webinar. ....
John Hart Dr. Charlie Cahoon delivers auxin training at the Windsor Community Center in Windsor, N.C. in 2019 Most of the training will be via Zoom with 12 sessions set from mid-January through late March. Back when he delivered mandatory auxin training, North Carolina State University Extension Weed Specialist Dr. Alan York would tell farmers and other applicators who packed the meetings at Extension centers and other venues across the state that it was hard to make the topic exciting, but he would do his best. Actually, Dr. York, who has retired from Extension service, was a bit too hard on himself. He has a well-earned reputation as both an entertaining and enlightening teacher. He did make a complicated topic easy to understand, ensuring that applicators were well trained to safely apply auxin herbicides to cotton and soybeans. ....