 This is the Sugar Beet Report, bringing you the latest information from NDSU throughout the sugar beet growing season. We estimate approximately 240,000 acres or 38% of the sugar beet crop in Minnesota and North Dakota has been planted. Those that will be planting in the next 7 to 10 days will be planting at the time when water hemp begins to germinate and emerge. That means tillage to prepare soil for sugar beet will also stimulate development of water hemp. So today we're discussing weed strategy with Tom Peters and DSU and University of Minnesota Extension Sugar Beet Agronomist. Tom, why is there so much emphasis on COSHA and COSHA control in 2023? I think there's a couple of reasons, Bruce. If we look back at the last two crops, our 21 and 22 crop, we've planted late or it's been dry after planting and quite frankly our wheat hasn't done a very good job of competing with COSHA. And for sugar beet growers, what we do in small grains, how we control COSHA in small grains really dictates how we control COSHA in sugar beets. Second, you know we have more strip tillage. So I am a fan of strip tillage, but strip tillage means that we're doing less tillage. Half of the area is not tilled at all and I think that's leading to more weeds. And then finally, we just have more glyphosate resistant COSHA now. The trend is increasing. A news release states spinade herbicide is approved in North Dakota and Minnesota for use under a 24C special local needs label. The news release makes reference to COSHA. Tell us about spinade and how you intend to use it. So sugar beet growers are familiar with spinade or the previous name which was baitnall. So baitnall was a herbicide that was approved in sugar beets in the 70s and until 1981 and it was primarily for COSHA control in sugar beets. So baitnall or spinade as we're calling it in 2023 is a photosystems to inhibitor. It's most effective on small weeds. So in sugar beets what we'll be doing is tank mixing spinade with ethofumazate alone or we'll be tank mixing spinade ethofumazate and glyphosate. Is it possible COSHA will emerge before sugar beet? So I'm really concerned about late planting brews and one of the concerns is our weeds come up at the same time as our crops. And I think that's especially the case for COSHA. So it's possible that a producer will till the field plant and the first thing he'll see in his fields are COSHA. I would like to get that small COSHA before our sugar beets germinate and emerge. And one way to do that is to use paraquat. I think everybody is familiar with paraquat. What we're going to do is use paraquat to control COSHA, but it's really, really critical that there's no signs of sugar beet emergence in fields. And I would highly recommend that our growers visit with their agriculturalist before they plan to use that treatment. Lastly, Tom, have you seen any water hemp yet? A lot of the rules with COSHA also apply with water hemp. It's that time on the calendar when we're going to see water hemp. I personally haven't yet, Bruce, but it's going to be out there as well. So the key is we're going to have to put our pre-emergence products on because the water hemp is going to germinate and emerge at the same time of our sugar beets. Thanks, Tom. Our guest has been Tom Peters, NDSU and University of Minnesota Extension Sugar Beet Agronomist. This is the Sugar Beet Report, bringing you the latest information from NDSU throughout the sugar beet growing season.