Combcutting: An Innovative Approach for Reducing Broadleaf Weeds in Small Grains | ATTRA | Sustainable Agriculture Project
When a small grain crop like wheat, oat, barley, or rye is in the vegetative growth stage and prior to stem development, the crop’s leaves are very flexible. Broadleaf weeds like Canada Thistle growing within the vegetative cash crop generally have a stem, which continues to get thicker and stiffer …