Join our Livestock Agent, Kendra Fortner, on Wednesdays for our “Weed ID Wednesday” and learn about weeds we are seeing in pastures and hayfields.

Featured weed: Horseweed or Mare’s Tail

• Winter or Summer Annual (Biennial Broadleaf)
• Height varies greatly according to the soil it grows in
• Immature rosette looks much different than the mature plant
• From June to November it produces numerous heads of small inconspicuous white flowers followed by seed
• 2020 North Carolina Agricultural Chemicals Manual

For more information or treatment recommendations, contact:
Kendra Fortner
Jackson and Swain County Livestock Agent
Kendra_Norton@ncsu.edu
(828) 586-4009