TAKE ACTION
Overview
Take Action Herbicide-Resistance Management is a farmer-focused education platform designed to help farmers manage herbicide resistance and encourage them to adopt management practices that help preserve current and future herbicide technologies.
Take Action started as a collaboration between several Midwest weed extension specialists who were concerned about the mixed messaging taking place around the growing threat of herbicide-resistant weeds. This effort was funded by the United Soybean Board and endorsed by representatives from major ag chemical companies, the Weed Science Society of America, and several other commodity groups, including corn, cotton, sorghum, and wheat. Currently, the group is led each year by between six and 15 weed extension specialists from the primary soybean growing regions of the U.S.
The goal of the organization has been to provide a unified message for weed management recommendations from extension specialists.
Take Action’s four areas of focus are:
- Herbicides
- Weed biology
- Cultural practices
- Economics
Outreach Materials
Take Action Herbicide Classification Chart
The Take Action Herbicide Classification Chart is the flagship product of the Take Action research group. Created and maintained by Michigan State weed scientist Christy Sprague, the chart is updated annually and designed to help farmers sort through commercially available herbicide products and determine their modes of action quickly and efficiently.
The chart groups herbicides and herbicide premixes by their modes of action, which are organized by group number (0 to 29). Checking their herbicide program against the chart can help farmers rotate among effective herbicides with different sites of action to delay the development of herbicide resistance.
Every year, thousands of Herbicide Classification Charts are distributed at farmer meetings, conferences and educational events.
Click here to get the Herbicide Classification Chart
Educational webinars
These webinars cover new research and developments in current and future weed management technologies.
Weed fact sheets
These fact sheets detail the biology and best management practices for common herbicide-resistant weeds.
Take Action is funded by:
United Soybean Board