Join a GROW Farmer Forum on Using Cover Crop Mixes for Weed Suppression

GROW will be hosting a Farmer Forum on Wednesday, March 25, 2026, at 11 a.m. EDT / 10 a.m. CDT. The forum’s farmer panel and moderator will discuss their experience using cover crop mixes to suppress weeds and achieve other cropping goals.

Listen in and bring your questions as the farmer panel from Illinois and Virginia discuss their long-time experience selecting, seeding, managing and terminating cover crop mixes, with weed management in mind. CCA CEU credits will be available.

Farmer Panel:

Paul Davis, Davis Produce, New Kent, Virginia
Frank Rademacher, Rademacher Farms, Gifford, Illinois

Moderator:

Mark VanGessel, University of Delaware

Registration is free! Sign up here.

Details on how to join the Forum on March 25:

Zoom Webinar ID: 847 0434 2981

Registration required to attend: https://virginiatech.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tMQEdLAkT72Fu-2ZR7d65A

See past GROW Farmer Forums here.

About the Author: Emily Unglesbee

Emily Unglesbee is the Director of Outreach and Extension for GROW (Getting Rid of Weeds). She grew up in south-central Pennsylvania and earned a degree in Classics from the University of Notre Dame in 2009. After two years working on farms and ranches in the U.S. and U.K., she earned a master's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 2013. She spent 10 years as a reporter for DTN/The Progressive Farmer, before joining GROW (Get Rid of Weeds) in 2022 to lead its communications and outreach team. GROW is a publicaly led network of scientists working to help farmers and the agricultural industry test and adopt non-chemical alternatives to weed control, to help slow and overcome the industry-wide problem of herbicide-resistant weeds.