LITTLE ROCK — The handy Forage Herbicide Quick Reference Guide from the Cooperative Extension Service has been updated and is available for download.

In just two pages, the guide, MP557, provides application rates, cost per acre, hay or grazing restrictions and comments and precautions for more than a dozen commonly used herbicides.

“We added new herbicides, updated the costs per acre and made the hay or grazing restrictions easier to find,” said Hannah Wright-Smith, extension weed specialist - turfgrass, vegetation management, and specialty crops. “The comments and precautions were also updated to reflect current recommendations.”

The publication reflects Arkansas research conducted in the past years by Wright-Smith.

The guide’s authors are Wright-Smith; David Nistler, horticulture weed management program associate and Jonathan Kubesch, assistant professor and extension forage specialist.

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