Source: John Hart, FARM PROGRESS, 9/29/21

Charlie Cahoon urges North Carolina farmers to be on the lookout for herbicide-resistant Italian ryegrass that is becoming a bigger issue across the state. Speaking at the Cotton Field Day Sept. 16 at the Upper Coastal Plain Research Station in Rocky Mount, Cahoon, North Carolina State University Extension weed specialist for corn and cotton, noted that herbicide-resistant Italian ryegrass has long been a problem for farmers in the North Carolina Southern Piedmont and is now becoming more of an issue for farmers in eastern North Carolina as well.

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