# Pigweed Management Strategies Following Mid-South Rains

Author: Jim Steadman
Published: 2014-06-13
Canonical URL: https://www.cottongrower.com/cotton-news/pigweed-management-strategies-following-mid-south-rains/

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Frequent flooding and hard rains throughout the upper Mid-South have made it virtually impossible to spray Palmer amaranth as timely as needed.

Larry Steckel, University of Tennessee Extension weed specialist, offers some[**recommendations for pigweed management**](http://news.utcrops.com/2014/06/water-water-everywhere-late-palmer-amaranth-managment-strategies-in-soybean-and-cotton/) as soon as fields dry.