Recently, Narrow-Leaved Hawk's Beard has been troublesome in direct seeded annual crops and chemical fallow fields. This factsheet describes the weed and control options for use in direct seeding systems. Downy brome can be a troublesome weed in fall-seeded crops and in direct seeding and other minimum tillage systems. This factsheet briefly describes downy brome's characteristics and discusses control options. This factsheet briefly describes foxtail barley's characteristics and describes control options.
Weed control is critical in a field pea crop whether under a conventional or direct seeding system.
With the movement to direct seeding, farmers have re-examined their weed control measures because of shifts in weed communities. This factsheet describes control options for winter annuals and perennials. Toadflax can be troublesome in direct seeded fields. This factsheet describes toadflax's characteristics and discusses options to prevent and control infestations of this weed. Infestations of 15 to 20 shoots per square metre can reduce wheat yields by as much as 36 per cent.